Chapter 56. Dual Shock

MAVIS

I sighed, running a hand through my hair. “He’s disappointed, maybe I should have told him.” I said, “He thinks I should have consulted him first, that I’m not being responsible.”

Isabel bit her lip, “Are you okay?”

I turned in her direction, “We should be more bothered about you, are you okay?”

She took a breath, “I think we’re going to be in trouble soon,” She said and rubbed her belly.

I couldn’t help but glance down at her stomach, my heart hammering in my chest as I considered her meaning. “Dad has noticed how close we are, I think it’s the paparazzi. What’d you think?”

“I don’t know what to think unless you tell me what he told you.”

“He said I should be careful whenever I’m around you.”

“Dad said that?” She asked with surprise. I simply nodded at her and she smiled shaking her head at the same time.

Cars on the road crawled along, bumper to bumper. The noise of honking horns and idling engines filled the air as every