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“But he must have felt the pull I felt too because he did forgive me,” I say softly. “And then we started uhm- seeing each other. It was supposed to be just sex. But he would stay the night and we spent so much time talking. He just gets me, Kat. I don’t know why but he whenever I’m with him, it’s like everything else falls away. We knew how stupid it was. He hates Papa. He’s said it to my face that he’s going to kill him and yet, we ignored all of that. I ignored it all. Because he makes me happy.”
Katerina inhales sharply. “Are you- are you in love with him?”
That question scares me. Because instinctively I want to say no. But then there’s a tiny part of me that doesn’t want to live in denial anymore. That part of me that knows my feelings for Tony have grown much stronger than I realized.
“I don’t know,” is what I finally say in reply.
Katerina’s eyes briefly flutter shut, “Okay. So you like the guy a lot. But seriously, Soph, how could you fuck up and get pregnant?”
“I didn’t mean to,” I grumble.
“Who means to get pregnant in that kind of situation?” Katerina bursts out in frustration. “Why weren’t you safe? Why didn’t you use protection?”
I sniff, “It was only once. It was an accident.”
My sister sighs before pinching the bridge of her nose. “I can’t even right now,” she says, taking a seat.
We sit in silence for a couple of minutes.
“I did the right thing though?” Katerina asks quietly. “By asking for a truce.”
“You did the best thing,” I tell her, nodding eagerly.
“I just know that all the fighting has to end. But what do you want though? I have no idea what we’re going to do or say at that meeting.”
“We’ll figure it out,” I say carefully.
“What does he have to say?”
There’s no doubt in my mind that the he she’s referring to is Tony. I clear my throat and look away.
“He hasn’t been answering any of my texts or calls,” I mutter.
Katerina’s eyes narrow. “I’m going to kill him,” she states.
“It’s not his fault. It’s a lot to take in. The past few days have been crazy for him,” I say defensively. “His best friend almost died and now this. I’m sure he’s having trouble figuring things out.”
Katerina calms down. Her eyes flick to me, her gaze assessing.
“You must really like him. I have never seen you defend anybody like that.”
I groan, placing my head in my hands. “I know, I’m so fucked.”
My sister gets to her feet and walks towards me. She crouches down in front of me and intertwines our fingers.
“We’ll figure this out, okay? I’m going to help you.”
I nod, feeling a sense of calm wash over me. At least despite everything, I still have her.
“I love you so much,” I say.
“I love you too.”
Almost simultaneously, our eyes well up with tears. I’m hugging my sister and we’re both crying. And just like that the fear I’ve been trying to put off fills me. But only because I know I have someone beside me that can chase it away. I’m allowed to be scared. Because I know my big sister’s going to save me.
An hour after our pity party, Katerina leads me back to my Papa’s office. He frowns when his eyes land on me and I know I owe him an apology, regardless of everything.
“I’m sorry, Papa. What I did was wrong. I never should have hid the truth from you like that,” I say.
