Chapter 38

• Tracy stood in front of the mirror, her heart was beating loud in her chest that she could hear the beats as clear as day in her ears. Her eyes watered like it has been doing since last night and she dapped under her eyes to clear the tears. She didn’t want her make-up artist to complain about her ruining her make-up for the third time. She glanced at herself in the mirror, she looked beautiful, so beautiful but she had only one wish, if only her heart can look as happy as her make-up made her out to be, everything would be perfect.
• She glanced at her stomach that was showing her baby bump a little, it wasn’t that obvious that people who weren’t aware would notice but she knew and she placed her hand on her stomach just as the father’s face flashed in her mind and she wondered where he could be. After dropping her off last evening, he still insisted that he had to pick something up for Steven and so left. He ended up not showing up for dinner and this morning, Lucy had said he didn’t come home and neither was he picking her calls. She had called too but his number was now switched off.
• Lucy is worried; she knows that, she could see it on her face even though she tried to hide it by smiling and chatting happily with her in-laws. Deep in her heart, she wished Nathan wouldn’t show up, she was already having doubts now and one word from him might change her mind. She had taken the previous night to think deeply, yes her mother was pregnant and unmarried but she was her happy. Her Granny was pregnant and unmarried and was happy and now she owns a moderate farm in Texas, leaving off her years happily. Why would she be married and unhappy? What’s so bad in being pregnant and unmarried? She isn’t rich but she isn’t poor, she can look after her child, she could provide the basic necessities, so what is the problem?