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Five
Amethyst
“Isit safe for you to fly?” he asked, a few hours after we’d gotten on the plane.
“I guess it doesn’t matter now,” I responded.
His eyes narrowed, but he didn’t say anything.
I felt a twinge, something far too much like guilt for my liking.
I ignored it.
He was looking out of the window, and after a few beats, I said, “It’s fine. The doctor says I can fly for at least another six weeks or so. Maybe longer,” I said.
It hadn’t looked like he was paying attention, but he turned to me suddenly.
“You’ve been to the doctor?” he asked.
“Of course,” I responded.
“You say that like it’s a given…”
“You think I would be reckless with my baby’s health?”
“Yes, I do,” he said.
“Well, I wasn’t,” I answered, suddenly feeling defensive. “Do you understand that all I’ve done, I did for my baby?”
He didn’t answer. Instead, he asked a question of his own. “How did you stay hidden for so long?”
“What do you mean?” I asked.
“I had eyes everywhere looking for women who fit your demographic profile.”
“It’s not important,” I said, leaning back.
To think that I had thought he wouldn’t even try to find me.
He was looking at me expectantly, but I decided to be smart for once.
“I answer your questions, and you answer mine,” I said.
“Fair enough,” he responded, his easy acquiescence telling me that I had probably been played.
“The goal was to avoid detection, so I didn’t establish any ongoing relationships. I just did one-offs at different doctors’ offices, community health centers, that kind of thing.”
“But never the same one twice,” he said.
I nodded.
“Smart,” he said.
“Now my turn,” I said.
He nodded.
“How did you find out?” I asked.
