Illusions of the island *A LOST fanfic*

Chapter 66: Small favors

Juliet stared hard at the nurse who gave her a plastic medicine cup with pills in them.

"Here's your vitamins Juliet. Their good for the baby. You need to take them."

Rolling her eyes at the nurse, Juliet swallowed them dry and stuck her tongue out.

"I know how this works Jenna. This would be the fourth time I've gone through this."

Jenna shook her head and left the room. David and Ed both entered afterwards and approached Juliet. Juliet wasn't in the mood to deal with Ed. David she could handle.

"I don't want your hands on me Ed. Doctor Jacobson can examine me."

Ed seemingly took her 'friendly' advice and backed off.

"Fine by me Jules. You've always been such a big disappointment to me in the romance department anyways.

Only now, with this baby and our research do you live up to my high standards."

Juliet threw invisible daggers at Ed.

"You want to get into this Ed? Fine. We'll get into it. How many women did you cheat on me with when we were married? How many nights I waited up for you.

You never came. At one point, I think every week you were with someone new, and younger than the last one. You disgust me to no end Ed."

David put a hand on Juliet's shoulder and she seemed to calm.

"I need you to relax Jules. Your pressure's up. You're putting stress on the baby right now. I need you to relax. Can I have a look at those weird welts on your stomach?"

Juliet could never say no to David. He was always so kind and gentle with her.

"This could be from anything really. Could be an after effect from all the hormone therapy we were giving you. I'll have to take some more blood to confirm it though."

Ed clapped David on the shoulder and he kind of shrugged it off.

"Sounds like you've got everything under control Doctor Jacobson. Let me know what her lab results entail when they get back."

David waited until Ed left the room to speak.

"In three more months, that couple down the hall is expecting a healthy baby. I'm going to get you out of here. But it's not easy."

The whole time that Juliet had been there, she never once asked David where they were.

"What is this place David?"

David avoided eye contact with Juliet for a fraction of a moment.

"From what I gather, some sort of secret bunker. There are all sorts of tunnels in here. It's going to take a while to get out."

Stepping away from the bed, David approached the closet and opened it, taking some clothes out.

"Here. Some clothes. Put these on. We're getting out of here. Get dressed."

David helped take off the monitors hooked up to Juliet and the monitor around her stomach.

"David, we need evidence. I know where Ed keeps the contract I signed. It's in his desk. We'll need some video evidence too.

You know this is going to get ugly, we'll have to go to court to prove it."

David was ready to take the plunge with Juliet. He had to make sure she was safe.

"Here it is. Let me just download all these files onto something. A memory stick."

David kept nervously looking towards the door to the office.