Evelyn POV
Two weeks later
Two weeks had passed since the cafe incident, on the plus side I no longer had to worry about selling it when there was now nothing left but a vacant lot after Tobias had it cleaned up. Thaddeus did get in Bianca's head and found literally nothing, she had no memories and Thaddeus said she was actually willing to help, she had been staying with Lana who apparently was doing better and they think she can be released when Bianca is.
Everyone was on edge, Thaddeus could barely speak to his mother without arguing with her, or his father's. For the most part things were quiet. Hearing Mara wake up, I grab her out of bed and walk downstairs with her on my hip. She had a growth spurt recently, the kid was growing like a weed and gosh was she getting heavy on my hips, they were killing as I walked down the stairs before placing her on the ground.
"I was just about to get her," Orion says, coming inside from having a smoke.
"It's fine, coffee?" I ask him and he nods
"I flick the kettle on and Orion places her at the table on her little booster seat. So she could see over it. I grab the fruit loops down and pour some in a bowl before grabbing the milk out and cracking the lid. The smell makes me gag, I sniff it wondering if it is off. Big mistake, my stomach churning violently and making me want to throw up, I barely made it to the sink in time.
"Shit you alright?" Orion came rushing over, while I was turfing my stomach contents in the sink which was luckily empty.
"Milk is off" I tell him and picks it up sniffing it,
" Smells fine to me" he says before tipping the bottle to his lips, just the sight of him tasting it makes me throw up again.
"Evie?" I shake my head at him before turning the sink on and rinsing it down the drain.
"Why would you drink it?" I ask, rinsing my mouth out.
"It's not off Evie, still has five more days on the expiry too" he says pouring it into her bowl.
"No, it's off" I tell him, taking the bowl from her. She pouts.
"What's going on?" Ryland asks, While yawning.
"She thinks I am giving Mara off milk" Orion says before taking the bowl off me and placing it back in front of her, Orion holds the bottle out to Ryland who tastes it.
"Tastes fine, probably knocked up again" he says sarcastically before his eyes suddenly dart to me and so do Orion's.
"That's not even funny Ryland" I tell him.
"Go see Thaddeus then to make sure, he picked it up last time" Ryland says with a shrug.
"Ask me what?" Thaddeus says walking into the kitchen.
"Mummy having a baby, yep yep. Babies cry lots, this one will cry" Mara says playing with her fruit loops as she pushes them around her bowl.
We all stared stunned at her words when she put her hand in the bowl, giving up trying to pick the coloured cereal up with the spoon and she popped one of the coloured hoops between her lips before realising we were all staring at her.
"Want some daddy?" She asks, holding out her hand with mashed fruit loops in it, squished between her fingers.
Thaddeus scrunched up his face and she pushed out her lips when Orion leaned down, slobbering on her hand and sucking them up as she giggled. "More?" She asks him and he shakes his head. "dadda full" he tells her when I feel a hand pressed to my stomach. Looking up, I see Thaddeus, his eyes flickering black and his hand warms up on my stomach and I look down to see it glow red slightly before glowing gold.
He pulls his hand away and Orion comes around the table looking at him and so does Ryland, while my heart was thumping painfully in my chest and I felt like it was about to pass out.
"This is a good thing Evie" Thaddeus says as I start to hyperventilate.
"So she is?" Ryland asks and Thaddeus nods before looking at Mara.
The room pulsates around me as I forget how to breathe before everything goes black.
"Evie!" Thaddeus says before I drift off to nothingness.
Waking up, I am in our bed. Mara was sitting next to me and I could feel her drawing on something on my back. Moving she puffs out her cheeks.
"Stop you wreck my drawing" she growls.
"Sorry" I tell her, staying still. I could hear her ruffling papers which I thought I must be the table she was using.
She drops her blue crayon beside my face before grabbing the purple.
"I thought I said leave mummy alone" Ryland says coming into the room.
"She is fine" I tell him, yawning and closing my eyes when she peels my eyelid back.
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