Ellie POV
My makeup managed to hide the dark circles under my eyes, so there was no outward sign of how stressed I was, or of the fact that I’d stayed up all night talking with Lance and Ray about what we were going to do to get me out of here.
For now, it was important that I act like everything was normal. It was time for the celebration. We were in the car, making our way to the event center.
I was wearing a beautiful gown that Ray had helped me pick out. It was ruched around the middle to hide the bump of my belly, and the long, flowing skirt helped with that.
Nolan seemed distracted, so I wasn’t too worried about him noticing anything out of the ordinary. Right now, he was planning his big announcement, and I was the last thing on his mind.
He hadn’t even mentioned to me that h
