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"I'm no expert, Eve, but I can imagine he's feeling pretty scared right now. Although, he may not admit it. Having a baby is scary enough, never mind feeling this huge responsibility to protect them from all the evils you've already encountered."
I thought about what he'd said.
"I think that's the most conversation I've had from you since we've met, Bob. I feel like a few more months and we'll be sharing what type of chocolate we like to eat, you know—realsecrets."
I could see Bob smirking in the rearview mirror and I smiled before sitting longer, staring at my hands, thinking about what he'd said.
I barely hada chance to sit down before my grandma stole my scan pictures and started gushing over them. She sat beside me and awed as I showed her what body part was what in the photos. Then I did the same for my grandad until the big reveal finally came.
"That looks like a beautiful little girl to me," my grandad said, looking at the 3D image I'd handed him.
"How can you tell?" I asked, staring at the photo in his hand.
"Because, she looks like you," he said, smiling up at me.
"Grandad," I blushed.
"Is he right?" My grandma beamed from the couch and I nodded.
They both cheered and I pointed at my grandad whilst sitting back down on the couch.
"Stop it with that mushy stuff, my hormones don't need a reason to kick in."
He smiled and drank his tea as my grandma got up to head upstairs.
She returned shortly after with a beautiful baby gown that was cream and had three little buttons just under the neckline.
"It's gorgeous, thank you," I smiled at her.
"Where's Kit?" My grandad asked and at the sound of his name, my smile sank and I looked away from their questioning eyes.
"He had to work," I lied.
This lying thing was taking its toll on me. Part of me wondered if they were to know about Delta, could they be prepared and more vigilant?
Could they contact us if they had any concerns?
In that second, I made a rash decision.
"Is everything okay, Eves?" my grandma asked and I shook my head.
"There's something I need to tell you both," I said and they both stared at each other, my grandad placing his tea on the side table to listen to me fully.
"What I'm about to tell you will come as a huge shock, please know that if I could have told you sooner, I would have."
"Jesus, what is it Eves?" my grandad asked and I gulped.
"Kit didn't just meet me at college, he knew about me long before my parents had been... Well, he knew of me but we'd never met. The night my parents were killed, you were told that the FBI had been following their killers and that they'd been tracked to that exact location. That they'd saved me just in time and that they were under cover."
I took a deep breath but didn't dare look at either of them.
"They weren't the FBI. They were an undercover firm called Delta—an underground company, hired by the government as well as billionaires to track down mass murderers and criminals. They also offer protection to those in danger. Dad never ran a small business, he owned and created Delta."
I was expecting to hear a gasp, a harsh intake of breath—something. Instead, my grandparents looked at me as if I was crazy.
"I think you're confused, Eves, your dad was a networking technician."
"Who has told you all this?" my grandma asked.
