Episode 3

Grace Miller🥀

"MY GOD!" I just remembered "The condom broke... Even so, I bought a pill and took it at the pharmacy right away so I wouldn't forget, I even have the payment receipt on my phone!!!"

"Well, like I told you! No contraceptive method is one hundred percent."

"No! I'm not pregnant, much less by that son of a bitch!"

"If you're so sure." she stands up "It doesn't hurt to take a test."

"Where are you going?"

"To the pharmacy, I want to know if there's a baby in there!"

"ALINA JHONSON!" I reprimand.

"If there is, you better find out as soon as possible... It'll be better, believe me!"

Now I'm royally screwed!

"..."

I peed on five different tests.

Alina is a bit obsessive, she bought one of each to be sure. I never once considered a possible pregnancy, but Alina managed to make me worried.

A baby?

My Jesus! I managed to kill a cactus, how am I going to keep a baby functioning?

"Grace, relax! You have me and regardless of the result, I'll always support you." I hug her.

"I had my period last month, friend."

"Maybe it wasn't a period, but a little spotting. Some women get confused. It was a much lighter flow, right?"

"Yes..." I wasn't worried, my period has always been irregular, it comes when it wants and how it wants.

"Time's up already" I mumble "Look at me?" she agrees.

Alina enters the bathroom and comes out with all the tests in her hands. I swallow hard, feeling panic take over.

"They all gave the same results..... We have a baby Miller on the way" she forces a smile.

I approach, snatching one of the tests from her hand. Positive!

HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!

"Alina, my dad is going to kill me!... He... Oh my God!"

"Calm down! You need to calm down! Freaking out won't help."

"I can have an abortion..... I can get rid of it, right?"

"Can you?"

"No! I'll feel too guilty."

"Look, let's schedule an ultrasound to be sure, then we'll think about the next step!"

"The next step will be me jumping off a bridge before my dad throws me off!"

His 19-year-old daughter pregnant! Mr. Donavam Miller is going to freak out and it won't be pretty.

"If anything, we'll run away to the Caribbean, become a hot lesbian couple, and raise the baby."

"My God!"

"Are you laughing or crying?"

"I don't know Alina, I don't know..."

How did 30 minutes turn into this?

Damn! I can't even get pregnant by someone with character. My judgment is terrible.

How do I tell my possible child that his father called me a prostitute? Poor kid, he's going to need a lot of therapy... And I'm going to need it too!

Do I have to tell that animal about the baby? Obviously, he'll be a terrible father!

"Look! I'm the godmother, your stupid little friend can go screw herself!"

"I'm dying here and you're thinking about being a godmother?"

"Well? You're pregnant. There's no going back in time, so I'm already securing my spot!"

"..."

19 years old! I'm a 19-year-old idiot who turns off the light and runs away, I can't step on a cockroach, I have a panic attack if I see a spider, I don't know how to pick ripe fruit at the market.

But now I'm here, staring at the monitor showing the baby in my belly.

"Well! The baby is nine weeks old, very small and below the ideal weight... Have you been exerting yourself a lot? Or on any diet?"

"...I work out in my free time... And I eat when I remember I'm hungry!"

"You need to improve your diet and reduce exertion. We need to arrange to start prenatal care!"

My God! I'm really pregnant!

We stayed at the clinic for a while longer until I was discharged.

"When are you going to talk to the baby's father?"

"Do I really need to? I find it so unnecessary." I grumble.

"You need to, friend."

"He's an asshole!"

"But he's still the baby's father. There are people who aren't nice but are good parents, and if he isn't, we'll figure something out. But you'd also be a jerk if you didn't tell him."

"Right." I get in the car "Drive to Spyce, I'll try to contact him."

"Great!" she smiles "And your dad? When are you going to tell him?"

"When he gets back from his trip."

"Friend, it's already done, there's a baby in there! He'll have to accept it."

"You know how things are with Mr. Miller. He doesn't accept things, he dictates how things will be!"

My dad is very strict, such an early pregnancy and not even in a stable relationship. Wow, this is going to be chaos.

Alina drives to the company where I work. As soon as I enter the building, I go straight to the reception to inquire.

"Is the CEO in the company today?" I ask the receptionist.

"What? The boss? Hmm, he's not in the company today." says the redhead who doesn't even look at me.

"Can you give me his assistant's contact? I need to contact him urgently!"

The girl stops typing on the computer and looks at me with a disgusted face.

"And what do you want?"