The Forgotten Heiress novel Chapter 89

The technician shook her head and instead of answering asked, "how far along did you say you were?"

"Almost five months, why?"

The technician frowned, "I don't think so, your baby has almost reached full term, your dates must be wrong." Jessica was too shocked to speak and watched in silence as the technician took a second look. "Full term," she declared again with a smile and continued soothingly, "this can happen sometimes, your belly is not so large so your confusion is understandable but you should be happy to know that the baby is healthy. I'm going to give you a copy of the results so you can show them to your ob-gyn and you guys can start making some birthing plans."

Jessica nodded and smiled no point in telling her that she had no doctor and that she couldn't possibly be more than five months pregnant. She wiped the jelly off her stomach, got dressed and was soon on her way with her ultrasound pictures and results in her bag.

She didn't remember how she got home, terror for her unborn child held her in a tight grip and for the first time since running away she thought about going back. She wasn't completely human neither was her child. What other surprises awaited her and what could happen if she wasn't properly able to deal with them? Her baby chose that moment to move and she realized that it was no longer about her. She had to think about her baby's safety first and if that meant going back, so be it.

That had been a week ago and now here she was.

She had runaway to lick her wounds but now she was back, stronger and with a little extra. Jessica smiled as she rubbed her belly, the baby didn't move as much as he did a couple of weeks ago and now she understood why. Birth was just around the corner.

Jessica kept walking along the trail until she reached a clearing where she'd arranged to meet with Dani, her sister was the only one who knew of her arrival -she wasn't ready for everyone to find out-and they planned to surprise her parents and Riley when they returned from their trip. And what a surprise it would be! No one knew about the baby-not even Dani- and she smiled in anticipation of dropping the news.

She smiled wryly; it wasn't as if she could hide it.

That's how Dani found Jessica, smiling and glowing with a serenity that came from the inside. 'Jessica!" She ran to envelop Jessica in a hug and stumbled back in shock when she felt a soft nudge against her midsection. Without a word, Dani reached for Jessica's bulky coat and spread it open to expose her expanded belly. "OH MY GOD!"

"Surprise!" Jessica told her sheepishly.

"How?..."

Jessica rolled her eyes at a stunned Dani. "Do I really need to tell you how?"

"What about him?"

"Have you decided what you're going to do? Do you plan on telling him?" Jessica shrugged, "if you plan on staying here he is going to find out. Before I left the house I talked to Nick and he told me he wasn't giving up."

"Did you do what I told you to?"

"Yeah, I made sure no one was following me."

"I wouldn't be too sure about that if I were you. You didn't manage to lose them, but don't worry, I had someone take care of them."

Both Dani and Jessica snapped around to look at Kate. "What are you doing here?" Jessica asked her.