she felt something in her stomach. Maybe yesterday she ate something stale during family dinner. Maybe their cook had a bad mood.
One week later when all the symptoms showed up. She understood that she was pregnant. That moment her heart was beating out of her chest. This wasn't supposed to happen. She knew that nobody should know about it.. even Robert. She knew exactly that he will want to keep a child. It would be a shame for her family. Her parents would abandon her. She couldn't afford. She could hide her pregnancy from Robert.
They met just once six months. All the time they were chatting through the letters. She would ask him not to come to her town earlier than 10 months later. It would be okay.
That night she was thinking about different variants how to make nobody noticed her appearance. She was so frustrated and in desperation. She even didn't go to traditional Friday family dinner. Even if traditions above it all. Her parents were so conservative. One moment she even was thinking about suicide. No, she couldn't do it. It would make more problems for her family. She decided to eat more food. It would make her fat and everybody will think that she is getting fat. Pregnancy will be hidden. Moreover, fat women were attractive at that time...
Being pregnant, she was afraid of her situation every day...
It was a time to give a birth. She did it by herself without somebody's help. She was a strong woman. But when she saw a child... her child... she couldn't kill it. She felt love for the child. She became crying. She was so unhappy. Despite all the danger, she decided to give the child to her cousin Laura. She is the one person she can trust. Laura can raise a good child...
It was a nice day. Dominica was sitting on a blanket on the warm sand. She was looking how Sam was playing near the sea. Her cousin bought a house near Dominica's one. She was so happy with this event. She could see her son almost every day. She helped her sister to raise the boy. Sam loved his "aunt", he liked to spend time with her.
Robert lived far away from Dominica's home. He had to go on the business trip to her town ones in six months. He was confused to her her favour not to come to her. Also that time he didn't need to come with work. So he decided to stay at home. But when Dominica became strange in her letters and started to send it less, he decided to move to her town to be with his love. He couldn't let their love die.
Six months later Robert's house was almost move-in ready. The man moved to the town. When he met Dominica on the ball, she was nervous, but trying to hide her eyes from his and make an appearance that she didn't know him. She didn't participate in dance, she was playing with the small nice boy. By looking at the boy, he felt something inside. Robert didn't want to embarrass her. He got a better idea. At the same time, it was a pleasure for him watching his love and the small boy. How beautiful she was, how the boy was native to him.
That day he wore his best suit and hat. He came to Dominica's house, she still lived with her parents. Butler opened a door. Parents weren't at home, but their daughter should come soon. Robert asked if he can wait for her inside. Butler allowed to see the house, but he can't be a guide as he had a lot of things to prepare before landlords come back. Robert was left alone. At least five minutes he was sitting on the sofa. He was excited to see Dominica. He was thinking about her. He had an idea to look at her room. He knew that it was impolite to be in the room without asking... but he wanted. He has never been there, he just knew about it from her. Once she told him about her room, it had the light-pink door. When he saw the door, he knew for sure that it was her room as other doors were white. He held the breath. He felt the silence, it was just thudding from outside. It was a butler, he was chopping woods. Robert gathered his thoughts and opened the door. Sun's rays dazzled him. He came inside. He circled the room. He touched furniture, he touched bed... he touched different things in the room. He opened a case, he saw Dominica's clothes, he felt her smell. He noticed little safe, which was on lock. He was interested what was inside. He pushed it and it opened. Maybe she forgot to lock it. He saw a lot of letters from him. He was pleasantly impressed by his godsend. Also he saw letters to Dominica's sister. It was covered in different packages. He was fascinated to know what they were chatting about. He opened the pack and started to read. He felt some tension in Dominica's writing. He was reading at least 10 minutes. As he was a poet and he read almost every day, he can do it quickly. He read about 8 letters to understand that he wasn't supposed to know the information. And yet he continued to read. He was lost, confused and angry at the same time. He just knew that Dominica was pregnant with him and she gave their child to her sister. He was struck and frustrated.
As Dominica come into the room. She cried and dropped a glass of water. She understood that he found the truth, he found her, he knew everything.
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