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"But what about Ben?" she asked.
"Not even him. This is something between them," I replied as I looked at her asleep. "Besides it might not be his child."
I even doubted my conclusion. Olivia didn't seem like the kind of woman who'd be careless. I didn't know where Ben was, and I knew calling him to tell him about this was going to cause problems. I needed Olivia to wake up.
"Martha, if you don't mind, could you leave the two of us alone for a bit?" I requested. "And don't forget what I told you."
"No problem," she said and left us alone.
I had noticed Olivia's eyes twitching, a sign she was about to wake up. I needed to break the news to her. Her eyes opened, and she looked around her, trying to make sense of where she was.
"Ben?" she called as she looked at me, then shook her head negatively and squinted.
"Wrong, try again," I smiled.
"Ethan?" She sat up and held her head.
"Correct," I nodded. "You should not touch your head. I just stitched it."
"Was it that bad?" she asked as she touched the spot and winced. "Owww.."
"I told you not to touch it," I rolled my eyes. "I swear you and Ben can be a power couple based on stubbornness alone."
"Ben? Where is he?" she asked.
"He went to look for your assailant," I replied.
"What? He went to look for Jason? Why?" She didn't seem too happy about that.
"I honestly don't know," I sighed as I stroked my chin. "Ah, a stubble. I need to shave."
"That idiot, making this more complicated for me," she groaned.
"Complicated?" I raised a brow.
She didn't answer, but just stared at her hands.
"Speaking of complications, when was the last time you saw your period?" I asked.
I'm not normally this straightforward, that's Ian's forte, but I knew being straight with her would make things go easier and faster. She looked at me with a confused expression, but she slowly realized what I meant.
"Oh God, no." She buried her face in her hands. "Where are the results?"
"Here," I handed them over. "I would like to apologize. Normally, we would have the patient's consent. But I figured that this was necessary as well."
"No it's okay," she said as she looked at the results, "Does he know?"
"So it's his then," I said.
She nodded and exhaled deeply.
"Don't worry, I haven't told him. And from the looks of it, you don't want to tell him either do you?" I asked.
She shook her head negatively.
"Because it would complicate or make things worse?" I asked.
She nodded.
