Chenford Story ✔️

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2 months later

Lucy's POV

I was 9 months pregnant now. My due date was yesterday. Each day brought me a step towards my baby. A step closer to never seeing him/her again.

Angela and Wesley had visited a few times. They hadn't told anyone about knowing where I was and definitely not about my pregnancy or the murder. I felt guilty about telling Angela, making her and Wesley carry my secrets. I just hoped that could deal with them better than I could, for Jack's sake.

I heard a knock on my bedroom door. The door creaked open and Tamara walked in, carrying a plate of pancakes and a bowl full of maple syrup.
"Morning Lucy, baby finished baking yet?"
I chuckled.
"Not yet, anyway thanks for breakfast It looks delicious"
"No problem, your not going to have time to make it once baby is here so I figured I'd help"

The rest of the day was uneventful, Angela called, I officially started maternity leave,
Tamara went to hang out with some friends.

It was 11pm and I was just getting into bed when I felt liquid spilling down my legs. Great, I peed myself again. I walked to the bathroom, grabbing a spare pare of bottoms. Turning the light on I felt my abdomen hurting. I snapped back to reality. Shit. My water had just broken. I was in labour.

Angela's POV

I turned over in bed.
"Wesley turn the phone ringing off"
Right. Wesley was out drinking with James and Tim.
I rolled onto the other side of the bed to grabbed my phone from the nightstand and looked at the caller id.
'Lucy ❤️'
Why was Lucy calling me at almost midnight. I picked up anyway.
"Angela im in labour"
I was immediately awake.
"I-are you sure?"
"Yeah my water just broke!"
"Um, ok, I'll call Wesley and we'll fly over there, see you and new baby in a few hours, call me if and when you need to. Love you Lucy"
I hung up and immediately called Wesley.

Wesley's POV

I was only one beer and three shots deep when Ange called me.
"Hey baby what's up?"
"Am I on speaker?"
"No do you need to be?"
"No, just make sure no one else hears this"
I walk towards the toilets.
"All good Ange, what's wrong? You seem panicked?"
"Lucy's in labour"
I practically run out of the bar, briefly saying bye to the guys.
I look at Tim a second longer. His child was being born right now and he had no idea.

Within an hour we were on my family's private jet heading to Vancouver. Surprising how quickly you can do things when your family is rich.

Lucy's POV

I was at the hospital in my room. The contractions were painful but irregular so baby wasn't coming just yet. Tamara was sat next to me trying desperately to stay awake.
"Tam its ok to sleep, I'll wake you up if anything happens"
I smiled at Tamara and lay down, closing my eyes.
2cm's dilated. I would be here for a while.

Apparently I fell asleep because next think I knew it was 3am and Angela and Wesley had just arrived in my room.
"Hey guys"
Angela immediately came in for a hug.
"Hey Luce, how are you doing? Baby not giving you to much pain?"
"Nope, not yet anyway. I've been asleep for a few hours so I'm not sure."
A doctor came in.
"Miss Thompson, I'm here to check how far dilated you are"
I did as the doctor instructed. Even though it had been literal months, I still couldn't accept that I was Clare Thompson. It felt so weird not being Lucy Chen. I hadn't legal changed my name. Lucy Chen had just been missing the last 9 months.
"7cm dilated. You should be ready to push in a few hours. I'll come back in an hour, push this button *gestured to a button near the bed*  if you need anyone"
I nodded and the doctor walked out.
I noticed Tamara was asleep on one of the uncomfortable hospital chairs.
It reminded my of Tim, he had done the same thing every time I was in the hospital.
A hospital was the last place I saw Tim. It seemed like a lifetime ago, 9 entire months since I had seen him.

Realistically I probably could have driven by his house, just to see him inside... With Heidi. But then I would have wanted to go in, I couldn't do that to them.
Tim would have his little family. Heidi would either stay with Tim and my baby or she would leave with her baby. From what Angela told me, she wasn't likely to enjoy either option.

Soon I fell asleep again. Waking up to excruciating pain in my vagina.
"A-ange!" I barely managed to say anything through the pain. I was trying not to scream.
It felt like someone was trying to rip me into two pieces.
I hit the help button with great effort.
A doctor came in within a minute and did another cervical exam.
"Congratulations miss Thompson you are 10cm dilated. When you feel the next contraction I was you to push, ok?"
I nodded and felt the next contraction hit.
I wasn't even really sure what happened. I screamed a lot, I know that much from my sore ears and vocal chords.
"Almost there, one more big pu-"
I screamed again as the next contraction hit and I heard the cries of a baby.
"Congratulations miss Thompson is a little girl"
I started crying from everything as my daughter was placed briefly in my arms.
She looked so sweet, Tim's blue eyes and my dark hair. She was the perfect mix of us.

After a minute she was taken away for a short exam to make sure she was ok as I was handed a birth certificate to fill out.

I filled out her name.
'Juniper Sophia Bradford'
It only felt right giving her Tim's last name. He would be the one raising her after all.

I had selected a date to drop her off. I would even talk to Tim. Just knock on the doorstep and leave Juniper there. I would wait until Tim brought her inside before driving off. It would be awful, I imagined it already. But it was the best thing to do.

I was already Junipers biological mother. That was enough connection to me for her life to already be ruined. I was a murderer, I could raise a child, let alone raise one well?!

Juniper was brought back to me. She was fine, completely healthy.

I just cried. I was happy, happy that I had my daughter in front of me, that she was healthy especially after the car accident earlier in the pregnancy. But I was sad that in only a month I would never see her again. Sad that now the clock was ticking.