Free Circles the Trilogy (Secrets and Lies) by Carla Buchanan Page A

aren’t coming in. Then I’ll call my mother and ge t the name of that doctor she –”
    “No!” I practically scream this at Daryn. “Please don’t tell your mother until we know for sure. There is no need to get anyone else involved if we don’t have to. Please, Daryn.”
    “Okay. But if you are…I want to call her as soon as we leave the doctor.”
    “We? You don’t have to go. I’ll just make an emergency appointment and come by your office when I’m done.” I don’t think I could handle having him there with me. He’ll be so happy if he finds out I am pregnant and I don’t think I’ll be able to hide my disappointment. I’ll have to call Neesa and have her go with me.
    “I understand, but d on’t call me with the news. Make sure you come by the office. Honey, we may be parents soon! Do you realize what a new wife and child will do for my status at the firm? Peter loves the whole idea of his employees having families. He says it makes us look more stable and people are better able to trust us with their money. Honey can you believe this? It’s all working out!” Daryn leaves the room beaming at his possible good fortune. I know he isn’t going to wait to tell his mother, but I can’t deal with that right now.
    I think I feel sick again and it has nothing to do with the fact that I might be pregnant. Daryn wants me to be pregnant so he’ll look more stable in the eyes of Peter Harris. This is completely ridiculous. I pick up my phone and send out a quick text to Neesa.
    Me: I think I may be pregnant.
    Less than a minute later I receive a text back from her.
    Neesa: WTF! You need to call me. RIGHT NOW!
    Me: Can’t right now. Will explain in the morning. Go with me to the doctor in the morning?
    Neesa: Of course. See you in the morning.

 
    Six - Explanations
     
     
    By the time Neesa and I reach my doctor’s office the next morning, I’m a complete mess.  I almost cursed out the woman who doe s the scheduling because she doesn’t want to fit me in saying that a potential pregnancy is not an emergency and on top of that, I’ve been throwing up all morning.
    I do want children, but until I figure out some things, it wouldn’t be a good idea to bring a child into this relationship. After what he said was his reasoning for being excited, I’m sure that I don’t want a child with Daryn. I’m almost at the point where I’m sure that I don’t want to be with him anymore. Lately every decision he makes is based on whether or not it will be a good career move and I’m tired of it. I still don’t know if I’ll be able to end things with him, but knowing that I’m not pregnant will be a great weight off my shoulders.
    After an hour of being poked and prodded at the doctor’s office, I find out that I’m definitely not pregnant. The doctor attributes my symptoms to a combination of stress and something I’ve eaten and tells me that I need to probably take a few days off and stay away from anyone or any situation that may cause me stress. He decides to change my pill since I shouldn’t have missed my period if I was taking my pills like I’m supposed to do. I say okay, but in the back of my mind I laugh because the only way for me to avoid the stress is to lock myself in my room for the next few days.
    “This is good news, right?” Neesa asks me this as we drive over to her office. I know I’m supposed to go give Daryn the news, but I assume he only wanted to see me in person if the doctor gave me positive results to the tests he ran. Instead, I take the cowards way out and send him a text telling him the news and then I turn off my phone. I tell him that I’ll call later with more details.
    “Very good news, Neesa. You don’t even know how good. So why are we going to your office anyway? I thought you said you took the morning off.” I look over at her and wait for her to answer, but her face turns a bright shade of red. She only turns red when she is embarrassed or lying so I’m