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“You never mean to fuck things up.” There is a deep exhale and then shuffling.“I need you here in ten.”
“Daddy I can’t leave the house. It will raise suspicion.”
“I wasn’t talking to you Fiona. You go about your night as usual. Take the damn test and I will take care of the rest.”
“But if I do, he will learn the truth.”
“He won’t learn anything.”
“What do you mean?” I am confused.
“You are lucky. You are not the only person pregnant.”
“Does Viktor have someone else pregnant?”
“What do you think Fiona? For fucks sake think. You can’t possibly be that dumb.” He says annoyed.
“Is Ava pregnant? How do you know? Do you know where she is?”
“I know everything. I will fix this mess you have made. You will behave and lay low. Take the damn test and leave everything to me.”
“Where is she? I want to know.”
“You have done enough damage. I will take care of everything.”
“Daddy if he finds out she is pregnant he will leave me.”
“He will never find out she is pregnant. Keep this shit to yourself. After this conversation you are to never mention her again. Stay clear of her. Do you understand?” I find myself thinking about what he just told me.“Fiona,” he screams.
“Yes daddy. I understand.” But I am not sure I can. If she is pregnant I can’t just let her be.
“Good. Don’t call me again and delete your call log. If Viktor is asking you for a DNA test it means he doesn’t trust you.”
“I know dad. Thanks for helping me.”
“Remember Fiona, I am not doing this for you. I’m doing this for the McIntyre name. Don’t you forget it.”
I don’t get to say anything else. The phone goes dead. I would like to say that I am surprised by how he is acting but I am not. I might be the heir to the McIntyre name but I am expected to do what he says. I just can’t believe he didn’t tell me he knows where Ava is. She is my biggest threat. On top of that she is having Viktor’s baby. He has to see Ava and that baby is a threat. A threat that needs to be eliminated. Once this mess is done with the DNA test I have to find her and destroy her. She will not take what is rightfully mine and get her happy ending.
This past year has been hell. I had to do so much to get what I want and nothing seems to work. This is all dad’s fault. His damn greed led to this. The engagement party changed it all. Everything was going great right before the party. I was going to get what I had been working for. But dad wanted the Manarchs out of the way so badly that he didn't care for the consequences. He planned everything down to the seconds. Yet, everything didn’t go as planned. I was supposed to convince Viktor to have the announcement party. Viktor was so dead against it. But I knew he loved me, so I used it against him. He was so naive in many ways.
Dad told me exactly what I was supposed to do. At precisely eight o'clock, the party would be seized by a group of men. Both Viktor and his father would be killed. My dad would be left with everything. All the power he needed to be the ruler of everything. But they fucking missed. I had to disappear until things calmed down and I could return to claim Viktor. Then something unexpected happened.
"What's wrong?" Mom asks.
"I just took a pregnancy test, and it's positive," I tell mom, freaking out over the phone. I was supposed to lay low and stay out of trouble.
"Your father isn't going to be happy. Who is the father?"
"Does it matter? What should I do? I doubt daddy would approve of me having a baby that isn't a Manarch." He was clear with me. He told me my only duty was to marry Viktor so he could take over everything. Me having someone else’s baby is not part of the plan he has carefully devised for the last five years.
"Where are you?” My mom asks.
"In London on my way to the airport."
"Do you know how far along you are?"
"Maybe six weeks. I should get an abortion and forget the whole thing."
