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Chapter 40

"Tell her tonight." Came Nam's loud voice from the other end which almost made the phone to slip from Freen's hand.

Freen sighs, "I will." 

"If you won't I swear I would do it myself."

"Chill Nam!! I'm going to tell her once she gets home."

"You better."

Just then the door bell rings which makes her heart race.

"I think she's home. Talk to you later." Freen hangs up the call as she walks to the front door. She takes a steadying breath preparing for whatever comes next. But she is suprised to find someone else on the other side once she opens the door.

"Richie?" Freen questions frowning.

"Hey Freen!" He greets her, "I just wanted to talk to Becky about something."

Freen's brow furrows, "She's not home."

"Oh!" Richie says surprised, "Where did she go?"

A crinkle forms between Freen's eyes as they move inside the apartment, "She didn't come home from office Richie, I thought you were with her."

"I...was." Richie looks down, "But she left."

"When?" 

"Just after lunch." Freen's eyes widen in surprise. "To where?" Richie visibly swallows as he averts his eyes. 

"Richie??" She calls again prompting him to talk.

He shakes his head, "Something happened and she was pretty upset when she left. I thought she would go straight home." His voice was quiet.

Freen exhales, frowning, "What happened?"

"I will tell you but first, why don't you try calling her?" Freen sucks in a deep breath before nodding and starting to make the call. 

Unlike she feared, the call was answered after a couple of rings,

"Hello."

"Becky!! Where are you?"

"I'm just pulling up babe. Be in a minute." And the call disconnects. Freen was utterly confused about the turn of events. 

"What did she say?" Richie asks almost too eagerly.

"She is coming up." Freen says as he sighs relaxed.

"Tell me what happened." She demands sternly, her voice firm.

He looks at Freen making eye contact, "I received information about what Uncle Sunny was planning and I shared it with Becky, which I highly doubt was a right thing to do."

"What is he planning Richie?" She asks, her voice thick with dread.

Richie gives her an apologetic look, "He's gonna come after you Freen. The building you are working on right now, the multi million dollar deal you just signed, he is gonna jeopardize that." He pauses averting his eyes, "His tactics are clear, he is gonna go after everyone around Becky until she feels isolated. He is waiting for her to run into his arms."

Freen could see the worry in his eyes, her mouth opens and closes as realization dawns on her, "You think she did something she shouldn't." 

He nods, "We both know she won't let him come after you. She was really angry when she left."

Before Freen could reply the door bell rings again.

"I think that's her." Freen says as she moves to open the door.

"Becky?" Freen lets out a contended sigh upon seeing her.

"Hey!! What's wrong?" Becky asks concerned.

"You are okay." Freen wraps becky in a tight hug, which becky returns although a little confused about what had happened.

"Why wouldn't I be?" Becky asks, but just then she spots Richie and she realizes what is happening, "Oh!"

"What did you tell her?" Becky asks defensively pulling away from Freen.

Richie didn't answer, "Where were you?" he asked instead. 

"What did you do, Becky?" It was Freen now, who looked equally worried.

"Come on guys, what do you think I did? Kill him?" Becky tries to joke but both them shot her a serious glare.

Becky sighs, "Okay, I was just joking." She says walking into the living room, Freen following behind.

"I didn't do anything." She says turning to look at Freen, "I just went somewhere to clear my head."

Freen stays quiet, she went through a roller-coaster of emotions in a matter of few minutes. She doesn't know what to do with any of it, really. It was too much. Everything was too much. 

"You can't be reckless Becky." Freen sighs heavily, "You can't act out on impulses not thinking about the consequences, not anymore. Cause' I don't know how to do this without you, I don't know how to raise our child alone. I can't, I just can't." Tears threaten to spill from Freen's eyes.

"Babe!" Becky was shocked by the turn of events as she takes Freen's hand into her's, "I'm never going to leave you or Lyra, I'm not going anywhere."

Freen shakes her head, her hands trembling, "I'm not just talking about Lyra, Becky."

Becky frowns, "What do you mean?"

Freen closes her eyes for a moment, as if she was praying, and then sighs, "I'm pregnant. I'm pregnant with our child."

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