~GABRIELLA~
Gideon walks in as soon as the doctor is finished with his check up and I can see the eagerness in his face to find out the truth. If I'm pregnant, he will get the grandchild he has always wanted, and if I'm not, he can get rid of me for good; either way, he wins.
"Well, doctor," he says. "Is she pregnant, or is she just getting better at telling lies?"
The doctor smiles, "congratulations Gideon, you're about to be a grandfather!"
Gideon pauses for a second as the news sinks in. I watch the flicker of emotions on his face; he can't even hide the excitement, not that he's trying. "And you did all of the tests properly?"
How different all of this would have been if only he'd wanted a grandchild for all of the good reasons instead of the bad. Why couldn't he be any average gr
