Chapter 51. Remorse

Kayla sat on the couch with a big jug of strawberry flavoured iced tea, chocolate chip cookies, and a big bowl of popcorn mixed with roasted nuts. Even as she curled her legs beneath her, she grimaced at the junk spread on the center table before her. Was this how it was going to be till the baby dropped, Kayla wondered with dread. Her cravings were getting out of hand. She needed help, she thought miserably. What she was doing was only going to get her bloated up for sure but she just couldn’t control it.

She’d had a good sleep at the hospital that afternoon so her plan was to watch the whole of season two of ‘Devious Maids’. Kayla poured some of the iced tea into a glass and placed the bowl of popcorn and nuts in her lap. But just as she got comfortable and pressed play on the remote, her doorbell chimed.

“Aw come on…” Kayla groaned and paused the video.

Carefully removing the bowl of popcorn and nuts from her lap, she placed it on the center table and got off th