The Marriage Counselor. (Woman x intersex)

eighty-seven.

UNEDITED.

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chapter eighty-seven: The Sanaa residence.

Danielle shivered with the sweats in the drivers seat of the car. She's been driving around for some time now when she started to feel sick. Her body was trembling, it hot with a fever as she whimpered from the cramps plaguing her lower stomach.

She slowly got out of the car before slamming it shut, walking up to the steps of her childhood home before knocking rapidly on the door. She heard heavy footsteps, the door swinging open and Adel analyzing his daughters sweaty face.

"Dani? Dani Wh-"

"I didn't know where else to go..I'm sorry.." Danielle sobbed causing Adel to pull his daughter into her arms. He hugged her tightly, Danielle sobbing into his shoulder as the adrenaline started to leave her body. Her body ached as she cried in her fathers arms. Adel's own eyes welled with tears as he rubbed her back.

"What's going on? Danielle..I think you're bleeding." Adel hissed as the blood continued to pool between her thighs. They walked upstairs to her childhood bedroom, Danielle gasping as she held her stomach that continued to cramp.

"Um..is it your..your-"

"Period? N-no. I'm having a miscarriage." Danielle whispered as she slowly sat down on the toilet, her arms wrapping around herself as her father stared at her with sad eyes.

"Dani.." Adel whispered as he slowly wrapped an arm around her shoulder after turning on the bath. Danielle sniffed while glaring down at the ground, shaking her head before scoffing.

"Honestly? I think it's for the best after tonight. I'm fucking tired. I'm so fucking tired. Mama was right. I'd just come running back in the end cause shit just isn't for me for real. Happiness is temporary and I keep being reminded at every fucking moment." Her voice was grim, void of complete emotion as she stared down at the marble tiles of her childhood bathroom.

"Danielle..okay..how about you get into the tub and we talk? I'll set up for you okay? You stay as long as you need. The kids?"

"They're fine. I just..I just need tonight, Baba. I appreciate you a lot for this."

"My princess, you are everything to me. I'd never thought I'd see the day you'd come to me for help. Your mother put it in your head that you need to be independent and handle shit by yourself. Not on my watch. I know I could've been a better father, I could've been more attentive. But I'm here now and I'm not letting you go home without knowing you're safe and what's going on." Adel breathed while wiping his face. Danielle sniffed with a nod as she watched her dad adjust his gold Versace house robe.

"When you'd get that?" Danielle chuckled, Adel looking down at the robe before snickering and rolling his eyes.

"It was a gift."

"From your man?" Danielle asked with an arched brow causing Adel to laugh and cover his mouth to keep quiet. Danielle chuckled before groaning while holding her stomach.

"I knew you knew. He said you didn't but I knew."

"I'm your daughter. Of course I knew. I'm happy for you Baba. Just no more secrets. That seems to be a problem for me lately."

"I'll get the ice cream."

Adel stared at his daughter with his jaw dropped as she curled up in the bath, the bubbles covering most of her body. She nodded, wiping her face and she sighed. Danielle told her father everything that's happened within the last year, going into detail completely. It felt as if a weight was lifted off of her chest, Danielle feeling as if she was finally able to speak freely about what was going on.

It made her miss having a best friend or just someone to talk to. She was starting to think it was time to go to therapy on her own, but it also made her feel silly. The love doctor now needed her own to help her get back on track mentally and emotionally.

Where the hell would I start? Hi I'm Dani and I turn into the when I'm mad?

"Oh Dani.."

"Yeah, Baba.." Dani's voiced cracked slightly, it becoming hushed as she watched the blood continue to stain the bath water. She wasn't sure what to do after this, feeling dumb for losing her temper. She felt destructive, wanting nothing more than to go back to Greece and have a do over. This wasn't what she expected her first few months being married to Nour would be.

She was just tired.

"Would you like me to take the kids for a little while? I know spring break is coming up. Daphne is in hospice downtown, we could tell them that they're gonna visit her or something. Whatever you need."

"I feel like I haven't been paying much attention to them because of Nour. I just feel like a shitty mother and a shitty wife. I don't even know how I'm going to tell him about the baby."

"Do you want me to call him? I think they're looking for you."

"I stole his phone before I went and.."

"Nearly killed someone again. I get it. Listen..your rage is powerful. Don't feel ashamed for losing your cool. You've put up with so much and I know he loves you, but it's clear you keep demanding the same thing and he's having an issue giving it to you. My Dani..you are a queen literally and figuratively. He knows that which is probably why he kept these things from you. He doesn't want to lose you."

"But he is if he keeps this up. I rather know the ugliest thing than having to find out on my own. I hate being led on. I hate feeling like the inside joke. It's embarrassing and I love him too much to allow him to treat me that way. It's just..it hurts more than Alfred. I feel like I'm being ripped into pieces." Danielle sobbed quietly.

"Then it's time you make a decision. You have to make the choice for yourself and your children. You all deserve stability but retrieving it is the hardest part. I believe you'll make the best decision for yourself. But also keep in mind all of the good things too. If you believe this can be worked out then you have to trust that it will. It takes time."