She started crying the moment he touched her, and she hated herself for it. Her one consolation was that she wasn't sobbing: just tears, quiet and plentiful. Nina closed her eyes for a moment and her hands covered Sweeney's, holding onto him until he started to pull away. She hiccuped and used her ruined napkin to wipe her face.
"I'll be alright," she said, because she knew she would be, no matter how terrible she felt just then. "And he wanted to go back."
His daughter was waiting for him. An entire world was waiting for him. And she was here, with a baby not yet born.
With another little hiccup, Nina got out of the booth and came around to Sweeney's side so she could tuck in against him. The touch felt good, and she just wanted to be held.
"I hate this place. This pregnancy should have been impossible in the first place. He was sterile. And I'm-- I don't get pregnant by accident." But she had. She'd stopped focusing because she thought she was safe. Silly girl, said Zoya's voice in her head.
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Date: 2018-11-27 08:56 pm (UTC)"I'll be alright," she said, because she knew she would be, no matter how terrible she felt just then. "And he wanted to go back."
His daughter was waiting for him. An entire world was waiting for him. And she was here, with a baby not yet born.
With another little hiccup, Nina got out of the booth and came around to Sweeney's side so she could tuck in against him. The touch felt good, and she just wanted to be held.
"I hate this place. This pregnancy should have been impossible in the first place. He was sterile. And I'm-- I don't get pregnant by accident." But she had. She'd stopped focusing because she thought she was safe. Silly girl, said Zoya's voice in her head.