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Nikolay:
“You are going to eventually have to tell her.” Dad said, making me pinch the bridge of my nose. As if I didn’t know that. I just didn’t know how, and I knew that the more I delayed that, the worse the outcome would be.
“I know, but I want her to get out of the hospital before that happened. I don’t know how she would react to it, especially after knowing that she had one of her ovaries removed. The woman is already devastated as it is, and I can’t add up to that right now.” I said, looking at my father who nodded. The two of us were outside in the waiting room as mom helped Katerina inside the room.
I knew, saw, and realized how much her attitude has changed throughout the month that Katerina has been at the hospital, and I didn’t know whether it was out of pity or she was being completely genuine, but either way, I didn’t have the guts to question it. If anything, I knew to stay completely quiet about it. She was angry with me as it was, especially with knowing that I did what she actually warned me not to do.
Getting Anastasia pregnant was something that her and dad feared. Mostly because they never wanted her associating with the family, and I had to admit, though I did it, and though I did want her getting pregnant, I knew and saw why they didn’t want me doing so.
Mom always believed that Anastasia was simply after the money, and though I couldn’t deny that. I wasn’t stupid, I knew that she was mostly with me, and the happiest with me when I cradled her with gifts, money, and random trips where the two of us would spend a luxurious amount of money on things that she could rarely ever think of affording with her ex. The man was rich, and did love her, but he also knew where she came from and that was something that he didn’t allow her to take advantage of. That was the main difference between the two of us.
Their marriage, despite being stable at first, only turned out being rocky when she chose to become too greedy to see the good that was done for
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her. And being the idiot that I was, I fell for her, and I had to admit and be completely honest, I still was very much in love with her. She was my first love, and would always be, but as days went by, I started doubting her true love for me if I had nothing to offer her.
It was one of the reasons why I chose money and my family name over her. I knew that she wouldn’t spare me a second glance if things backfired. on me and I indeed, didn’t have anything to offer her. It explained to mom that even I knew, deep down, despite refusing to admit it, that I had to offer her something to be ‘loved‘, if that was what love was truly about.
When it came to Katerina, in comparison, she simply asked me for respect throughout our whole marriage. The woman wouldn’t even let me pay for a cup of coffee for her, and she was and IS my legal wife. It amazed me to see two different, completely different, personalities when it came to women who were both associated with me, and it was then that I realized the major mistake that I made.
Mom walked out of the room, and I stood up, shaking my head in question, wanting to know how things were with her.
“She is fine, but I believe that as her husband, you should be by her side. right now.” Mom said, and I nodded.
“And Anastasia? We never did talk about what was going to happen to her, the baby…?”
“She is going to lose this baby.” Mom said, stopping me. Her eyes turning colder than ice and harder than stone. My heart dropped and.it was like my air got stuck in my throat as I heard her words leaving her mouth. “I did warn you about getting the woman pregnant, and it was stupid of her to actually come and tell you about it on her first month. Though I am thankful that she did, the woman inside that room, suffering the pain of knowing that she may never be able to satisfy you as a husband does not deserve that.”
“For a woman who hasn’t cared about her, I am surprised that you do now.” Dad said, making my eyes harden. I turned to face him and shook
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my head, not understanding why he was trying to create a problem right. now. If anyone around had to be annoyed with this, it was me, but one part of me, ONE at least, knew that mom was right in this, and this was what forced me to stay completely quiet.
“Because 1, of all people, know what it feels like to have a husband who does not want to look at me for years and only comes to abuse both me and my son.” She said, glaring at him. Dad went to comment only for me to turn around and face him, shaking my head in warning. Right now, the last thing he needed was to deal with me. If he believed that me sparing him a few words meant that I forgot anything that he has done to me or mom, then he was very wrong, but the hospital was not the place to open up the past.
Hell, I didn’t even want to open up the dark past that I had with him. He was the last person that I could think of doing that with, and this was the last place that I wanted to do it at, and our relationship as son and father was long, long broken, and I did not intend to fix it.
“What do you plan on doing?” I asked, looking at mom who raised an eyebrow.
“You leave the baby up to me. You will not ask questions, and you will not respond to her calls. But I do not want Katerina to know about this. She is already dealing with more than enough pain to handle news like this one.” Mom said, glaring at me, and I nodded. “And from here on out, you will forget about Anastasia. I don’t care what you have to do, bang your head against the wall if you need to, but I do not want you associating with her, do you understand me? This is my final warning. Otherwise, the consequences will not be in your favor.”
Mom’s eyes were fixed on mine and I nodded, knowing that she was right. At this point, I didn’t even know how I would think of looking at Anastasia if I wanted to. The woman would hate me for life after what happens, but I knew that it was the right thing to do. I knew very well that me being married has restricted me from so much, but to protect my family and reputation, this was the right thing to do and this was what had to be done. At least, I had to be fair toward the woman that I was married to, if at least,
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in this.
“I will let you handle, Anastasia, and I will tend to my wife as I am supposed to.” I said, looking mom in the eye. “But under one condition.”
“Which is?” Mom asked, raising an eyebrow at me.
“Katerina and I are moving to our own house, and no one on this planet would have the right to hurt or threaten her again.” I said, glaring at mom and dad whose eyes hardened as they heard my words. But if I wanted my marriage to work, the first thing that I had to do was get out of the place that caused the two of us so much darkness. “If that condition works for you, then I will follow my own end of the deal.”
“And if it doesn’t?” Mom asked, raising an eyebrow.
“I call Anastasia now, I do know that you took her phone but there are other means of communication that I can use to reach her. She won’t be at wherever you are keeping her in a span of ten minutes, and if anything, she would report this to the nearest cop.” I said, choosing to play with fire. “The choice is yours, and I will expect a response within the hour.”
“You are playing a dangerous game, Nikolay.” Mom said, and I smiled, giving her a sarcastic smile.
“I am your son, aren’t I?” I asked, winking at her, “and there is nothing better than learning from the master of darkness himself, or in this case, HERSELF.
