Chapter 26

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‘Someone get that phone already! It’s driving me nuts!’ Shadee got up from the couch, waking up from a short nap.



She hadn’t been too well for the last few days. She had terrible stomach aches, her head hurt constantly and she kept throwing up at the worst of times.



‘I got it, hun!’ Sebastien shouted from the second floor, then disappeared with the phone in the bedroom.

‘I think I’m going to be sick again…’ Shadee closed her eyes and tried to imagine someplace nice and quiet. Even though she knew she was being selfish, she had become quite desperate to move out of her grandmother’s house. It wasn’t that Gypsy or Caleb bothered her, not even in the least, but she just felt the urge of having a place of her own, where she could just be alone with Seb, get some peace and quiet. And maybe a nap without being woken up. The two concepts contradicted each other, but Shadee felt she was grown-up, ready to start a life of her own. She wanted to be independent and finally start a family with her fiancé. The place simply chocked her, she felt trapped between the walls of a house she had dearly loved.



She wiped the beads of sweat that had taken shape on her forehead and suddenly felt the familiar knot in her throat.

‘Oh, God!’

Without loosing a second, she rushed up the stairs before collapsing in front to the toilet and once again throwing up. She really hated being sick!



‘Honey, are you okay?’ Sebastien called worriedly from the other side of the door.



‘I’m better now.’ Shadee answered faintly and let the water run for a few seconds in order to be cold and refreshing before washing her whole face.



‘Listen, I’ve got some good news!’ her fiancé continued on a brighter note ‘It was Phil on the phone. He thinks he’s finally found something that we might like. He wanted to take us there today ‘cause there are a few other customers that are interested in buying it. So…are you up for a little “sightseeing”?’



‘Yeah, sure!’ she emerged from the bathroom smiling as wide as she could ‘Let me just get ready, okay?’



Sebastien looked at her for a few moments, furrowing his brow ‘You look so pale... Are you sure you’re alright?’



‘A little sick, but don’t worry! It can’t be something serious, can it?’

Seb’s facial expression changed suddenly ‘You know…this whole illness of yours has got me thinking…’ he stopped and looked at her again, eyes widening with the excitement of a small boy who is about to receive candy ‘Head aches, dizziness, sickness…’



‘You think…’ Shadee began, but didn’t end the sentence. She once again experienced the tingling sensation in the pit of her stomach, the butterflies of excitement ‘It can’t be! I’ve taken the pills regularly, I didn’t forget…’



The young man watched her as if mesmerized. The contemplation of becoming a father seemed to please him to no limits.