A Tough Choice

Chapter Seventy Six

Caleb's POV

I couldn't stop thinking about Emma. It was obvious that she was self harming, Ethan just didn't seem to realise it. We had to help her, although I didn't know how too. I couldn't help but wonder what had happened to cause her to get to such a low point. She was obviously in a bad place because of something that had happened. Maybe it was because I took the money.... but that made no sense, it was Ethan's money that I took. As annoyed as she was with me, it didn't seem enough of a trigger. But saying that she had been through a lot lately. Maybe it was something to do with the miscarriage. I felt a pang of guilt as I realised that I'd lied to her, I could see now that I'd done the wrong thing. Maybe if she knew that Ethan knew and that he's okay about it, she might feel better about herself. It would take away the guilt and shame that she was feeling. I knew she would be angry with me when she found out, but it didn't matter. Her health was more important. I took a deep breath and made my way to the car.

"Where are you going?" Ethan called as I walked past the kitchen.

"I'm popping to Robyn's, I need to speak to Emma." I said quietly.

"Can't it wait until tomorrow when she comes back?" he asked.

"No, it's important." I said as I grabbed my keys.

Emma's POV

I sighed sadly as I watched Robyn, Max and Lofty messing about in the kitchen. They seemed so happy, I wish I felt like that. The relief that I'd felt when Ethan said that he knew had quickly ebbed away. What must he think of me? That I was some messed up woman probably. I was nervous about going home tomorrow, what would the atmosphere be like?

I jumped as I heard a knock at the door.

"I'll get it." I told them as I stood up.

I opened the door and gasped as I saw Caleb standing there.

"We need to talk." he said seriously.

"No we don't it didn't mean anything, I love Ethan." I told him sternly.

"Not about that." he said smiling slightly.

"About what then?" I sighed.

"Somewhere private." he said.

I frowned at him, he seemed to have something to tell me. I wasn't sure if I wanted to know, I couldn't deal with any more drama.

"Take a walk with me." he suggested.

I sighed and followed him. We kept walking as he led me to a park and gestured for me to sit on the bench next to him.

"What's this about?" I asked as I rubbed my arms.

"Are you cold?" he asked as he took his jacket off and placed it around my shoulders.

I smiled my thanks and waited for him to tell me what's going on.

"This is going to be hard." he sighed.

"You remember how you asked me not to tell Ethan about the miscarriage?" he started.

"Yeah." I said nervously. I had a horrible feeling I knew where this was going.

"Well he knows." he said slowly.

"What the hell have you done?!" I exclaimed.

He opened his mouth to speak but I interrupted him.

"You told him?!" I added accusingly.

"No I didn't tell him, he knew before you did." he admitted.

"What?" I asked quietly.

"When you had the accident and didn't remember him I told Ethan that it had happened. He made me promise never to tell you. Then you remembered him again and found your notes and you were so upset. When you asked me not to tell Ethan because he'd hate you it broke my heart. I hated seeing you so upset, I didn't want to cause you more pain by telling you that he already knew." he explained.

"So Ethan has known this whole time?" I asked.

"Yeah." he whispered.

"That's the main reason I've been upset, keeping it from him and not feeling like I can tell him." I pointed out.

"Yeah I know that now, which is why I thought I should tell you." he stated.

"I can't actually believe this." I muttered.

"It means that you can feel better knowing that Ethan knows and he doesn't hate you." he pointed out.

"I can't believe you kept it to yourself for so long." I whispered.

"I'm sorry." he said sadly.

"It was done with good intentions, I didn't want to cause you more hurt." he added.

"Being around you is like getting caught in a web of lies." I said shortly as I stood up and walked away.