A Hurt So Sweet Volume Four (Elite of Eden Falls Prep 4)

She does really care about the baby.

Sometimes... almost too much.

We're sitting at the dining table that night and digging into the dinner she's prepared for us. That's when she brings it up.

"I was hoping you could sign something tonight." She takes a sip of her juice and gives me an expectant look.

"Oh? Sign something?"

"It's just a simple will," she waves her hand dismissively.

"A will?" I knit my brows together. "Why on earth would I need a will?"

"What if you die in childbirth?" she contests.

I laugh. "I'm sure I'll be fine."

"These things happen." She shrugs. "All I'm saying is, God forbid something happens, you need to be sure your baby's taken care of. If you died, it would go to the father. You really want this kid growing up with one of those guys? Three perverted fucks, one dead guy—so fuck knows who'd get him then—and one murderer."

"Dex isn't a murderer," I hiss for what feels like the millionth time.

"Sure, P," she rolls her eyes. "You keep telling yourself that..."

"You don't even know him." My voice is dripping with ice. "You've never met Dex."

"So? The facts don't lie."

"He didn't kill Lai."

"Then who did?" She challenges me with her stare, but I hold her gaze defiantly.

"Maybe it was my father," I offer.

"Doubt it."

"What about one of the other guys?"

"They'd never hurt Lai," she huffs.

"You don't know them," I remind her again. "You don't know any of these people."

She just stares at me with that infuriating smile plastered on her face. If she wasn't so hearstoppingly pretty, her face would almost look frightening with that expression.

I throw my paper napkin on the table as I get up and mutter, "I'm going to sleep."

"Don't forget your vitamins, the baby needs them," she yells out after me, and I mutter a not very nice word under my breath, hating myself for letting her get to me. "We'll talk about the papers soon."

But the seeds of doubt have been planted.

And every day I spend in Alli's company, they grow more and more...

"So, to conclude, everything looks just fine." The doctor smiles to reassure me as he slips his gloves off. "It should be a normal, natural birth without complications. Was there a special birth plan you had in mind?"

"Yes," Alli cuts in. Both the doctor and I glance at her. "We'll have a home birth, right here in the house."

"What?" I laugh out loud. "No way. I'm going to the hospital, there's no question about it." I shift my attention back to the doctor. "When should I come to the hospital?"

Alli's hand lands on my shoulder, thin, bony fingers digging into my skin. "I said, we'll be having a home birth."