CHAPTER FOUR
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"But it was only once. Was that enough to get me pregnant?" she asked herself.
Amidst her thought, she felt the urge to vomit and she did. Her eyes bulged out when we realized she had missed her period for the last month. She sat back and decided on getting a pregnancy test strip.
"But how will I get it? When she's caged in this place," she thought.
At this point, God brought her answer.
Her maid, Helen, knocked on her door and entered since it wasn't locked. She seemed to be in a good mood.
"Good morning lady Rose," she greeted.
"Good morning Helen," Rose responded.
"I am always here at your service. Feel free to let me know if you need my help," Helen said with a genuine smile on her face.
"Okay Helen, I don't have any problem right now. When I do, I'll let you know," she said.
Rose wondered if she should tell Helen that she needed a pregnancy test strip. Can she trust her? , she thought.
"Well actually, I need something," she said, hesitantly.
"What's that, my lady?"
"I'll get it right away for you," she said as she offered Rose another pretty smile.
" A pregnancy test strip," Rose responded.
Helen was astonished by her request. It's been barely 2 weeks since Rose became part of this home.
How could she have gotten pregnant so quickly when Paul Samun rarely stayed home for the past few days? Even if she was pregnant, wouldn't it take a few weeks to confirm it?
So many questions made their way to Helen's mind. Nevertheless, she didn't ask one.
"Okay, I'll get it for you before late noon," she said.
"Really?" Rose asked.
She had been expecting Helen to ask her why she needed it.
"Yes my lady," Helen replied.
"Thank you so much," Rose said.
"My pleasure," she replied as she stepped out of the room.
Rose felt a little bit relieved but anxious at the same time. What if she turns out pregnant? What will she do? She became mentally exhausted.
For the rest of the day, Rose noticed that Isabella and Clara weren't as lively as their usual selves, while Winona had her everyday cheerful and peaceful mood.
Late at noon, Rose got the pregnancy test strips from Helen, who bought them earlier from a pharmacy.
After her bath, she urinated in a small container and shook the test strip into it. She sat in her toilet as she waited for the result.
At this point, her mind wandered through so many possibilities and how the outcome of this would affect her life.
One very dragging three-minute wait later and there it was. One dark pink line and another very, very faint line also.
"Oh no," she gasped.
She quickly opened the other test strip and did the same procedure to confirm the result. Two lines also appeared.
She was so devastated, she couldn't understand anything anymore.
Though Rose had expected it, she was still shocked at the result. What would she do now? She would never abort her child. Should she tell James? No, that would cause mighty chaos, she thought.
She couldn't pin the pregnancy on Paul because he hadn't slept with her once. Even if she could do that, she would have to wait for the time Paul would want to have s*x with her and then she would put it on him.
But who knows how long she will have to wait when he has been really busy these past few days. By then, her bump would have been visible.
She was really confused and didn't know what to do.
She cleaned up, got dressed, and went back to her room.
She fell asleep after a few hours of thinking.
The next morning, Helen came to see her like every other day.
"Good morning my lady" she greeted.
"Good morning Helen," Rose greeted back.
"Thanks for your help, I just need one more favor," Rose said with a pleading look.
"What else, my lady?" Helen asked.
"I need you to help me dispose of it," she responded.
"Okay my lady," Helen responded, taking a black nylon bag from Rose.
Helen made her way to the kitchen and was about to go outside the building to dispose of it when Clara called her. She wanted to bury it in her dress and answer Clara's request.
Instead, she decided to hide it in a place outside the kitchen and then left.
Isabella, who had been following Helen since when she went to Rose's room, saw her in that secretive state and everything she did. Immediately, she reached out for the bag and untied it.
She was amazed at what she saw; two positive pregnancy test strips. There was no doubt that it didn't belong to Rose.
She quickly tied it and put it in its previous position as she walked back unsuspiciously.
Clara let Helen go as soon as she saw Isabella walk past her. Helen went back for the strips and disposed of them further outside the mansion.
Clara and Isabella met in Isabella's room.
"I said it!" Isabella said as she paced back and forth in the room.
"What did you see, Isa?" Clara asked her.
"I opened the bag and saw two positive pregnancy test strips," Isabella replied.
"Oh my, does that mean Rose is pregnant," Clara asked.
"Of course, who else will it belong to? Helen?" Isabella asked with certainty.
"The fact she came out of Rose's room with it, shows that it belongs to her. I'm very sure,' She said again as she sat down.
"I suspected it though, I've been seeing some signs," Clara said.
"But I don't think that Paul is the father, he barely stays home and I haven't seen him go to her room before," Isabella said.
"What do you think, Clara, " she asked.
"Yeah it might be true, it was only the first day that he had gone to her room," Clara replied.
Clara decided to use this opportunity to remind her of their last conversation. "Isa?" Clara called as she adjusted herself closer to Isabella.
"Have you thought about what we discussed the last time?" Clara asked her.
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