The Secretary and Her Child

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Danielle

Me and fallon had another argument. Our 5th one since the one we had 3 weeks ago. This time it was about her not wanting to tell anyone about the baby. This one came at a bit of a bad time since today is our 2 year anniversary.

"YOUR BASICALLY SAYING I CAN'T HAVE IN PERSON CONTACT  WITH ANYONE FOR THE NEXT NEARLY 8 MONTHS!" I scream at her as I put some things in a bag. "ITS FOR YOUR SAFETY..ANYONE COULD FIND OUT..AND THAT COULD PUT YOU AT HARM." she shouts back at me.

"I JUST WANTED TO CALL MY MOTHER TO TELL HER..." I shout crying once again. "No!" I hear her shout as she goes downstairs. I finish packing some pj's and clothes for tomorrow then I go downstairs. She watches through the living room window as I get into my car and I drive off.

"Another fight?" Andy asks as she lets me in. I nod rubbing my eyes "its our anniversary and she couldn't keep it in for one night..". "What was it about this time?" Giulia asks as I sit down.

"She wants me to not see anyone in person until after I've had the baby..and she won't let me call my mother or sister to tell them...she said its for my safety but its just family that will know..I trust them enough to not tell people" I explain. We talk for a bit before they go to bed and I fall asleep on the sofa.

I go home at 2pm the next day to find fallons brothers are here and have brought finley home. They look at me confused and then fallon. "Where have you been?...fallon said you were upstairs in bed because your ill" Archer asks.

I look at fallon and I walk over to her. I hand her a gift bag "you can return this..its when I was gonna wear last night". She looks it it and looks back at me "there's only lip gloss in here though?...oh-". I smile at her "exactly..". The boys all laugh and she goes red.

I sit next to finley as she draws. "What were you even fighting about?" Travis asks as he eats MY doritos. I grab them off him "oh I can't tell you about the thing we were fighting about because she wont let me..thats what its about" I say poking a finger at fallon.

"I'm not getting into this again..I said no and thats final" she hisses at me. I look at her annoyed and I get up. I pick up finley and she looks at me confused "where we going mommy?". "The garden hun so I don't punch mama" I say and she giggles.

We play on the swing set and slide i got her for her birthday for about an hour before she gets tired. I take her in the house and I put her in her room for a nap. I sit on the sofa with my doritos and I put on greys anatomy.

Fallon comes in the room from the garden and looks at me annoyed "they won't stop questioning me now..so thanks". I ignore her. "Dani you can't just give me the silent treatment when I'm protecting you.." she says standing infront of me.

I pause the movie and I look at her with tears in my eyes "you don't understand how lonely I feel...im not gonna be able to call my mother because she always knows when someone's pregnant..a..and I can't see anyone?...just..leave me alone.. I just want to eat my doritos and watch greys".

The sighs and looks at me. I move my head out the way when she tries to kiss it and she walks out. I spend the rest of the day alone until finley wakes up and joins me. But still she wanted to be outside with fallon and the boys. So I was alone again.

It gets late and I wave to finley when I spot fallon taking her to bed. I stay laid on the sofa as I stare at the tv. "We need to talk.." I hear from the door. "I'm not in the mood" I mutter. I genuinely feel so tired and I have no energy to fight. I feel sick aswell.

I feel the sofa sink next to my head and fallon puts my head on her lap. She plays with my hair as I try not to be sick. "I think we should go to couples counselling" she says and I nod.

Thats what we do. For the next 4 months we go to counselling and to be honest its worked. We haven't had any fights since and we decide things together. I walk in the house after going to my 5 months appointment smiling. The babys doing fine and I can find out the gender at my next appointment.

I notice fallons not home so I sit on the sofa and look through Instagram. I notice fallon has posted a picture of herself and as I go to like it I notice something.

SofiaRicci: can't wait to see you today ❤❤❤

I click on the profile and I see fallon is tagged in every single photo from a week before our anniversary to the most recent ones. Each one shes commented '🔥🔥🔥' on. I click on the girls story and its a photo of her and fallon looking a bit too close.

I go off Instagram and I click to call fallon. She answers after a few rings "Hi whats up?". No baby or darling or love?...or atleast dani? "Nothing babe i just wanted to see where you are" I say trying to hide my shakey voice. "I'm...at work..got called in" I hear a womans voice in the background "got to go bye!".

She hung up. She fucking hung up. I freeze and I call Andy. As soon as she answers I speak "Andy.. shes cheating on me". "Shes fucking what?..im coming over" I hear her get up.

"No..just..I needed to talk to someone..h..her names Sofia ricci..a..and shes beautiful Andy..shes got sick of me hasn't she..I hear this happening to other people..their partners getting sick of their body when they are pregnant..b..but..I didnt think she would do this to me.." I say through sobs

We talk for a few hours before I go to pick finley up from nursery. I manage to feed her and put her to bed an hour before fallon shows up. I refuse to look at her as she walks in. "Hi love how was your day?" She says as she goes into the kitchen.

"Fine.." I mumble as I watch her put shopping in the fridge. I hear her talking about random things as shes doing things in the kitchen. I interupt her "whos Sofia?". It goes quiet and after a few seconds she walks in with a "shit i got caught" look on her face.

I look down at my hands at tears fill my eyes "your face just confirms it..how long?". "How long?" She asks as she slowly gets closer. "HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN FUCKING SOMEONE ELSE?"  I scream at her. "3 months.." she says not daring to look me in the eye.

My heart breaks "so not long after we found out about the baby..is she why our relationship went to shit?". "I..im sorry..I just..didnt know how to break it off..and she caught feelings..im sorry love..please-" I cut her off by slapping her.

"YOU DONT GET TO CHEAT ON ME AND GET AWAY WITH IT..WHY..W..WAS IT ME..W..WAS IT SOMETHING I DID?" I ask. She kneels down infront of me and grabs my hands "its nothing ypu did..your perfect....I just..got stressed".

"You get stressed and you take it out by doing me..not some whore" I say getting up. I go upstairs and I grab my suitcase that I packed already. "I..ill get finley tommorow i don't want to w..wake her.." I say walking downstairs.

I feel her arms wrap around me as she tries to hug me "please..what can I do to say sorry..". "Apologise to that poor woman..a..and then block her on everything..and do me a favour and stay the hell away from me..I only want to see you at counselling.." I say before walking out.