Illusions of the island *A LOST fanfic*

Chapter 67: Back home again

Angela Stevenson knocked on Juliet's door, a present in her hand. Opening the door, she spoke, hoping to get a response from Juliet.

"Juliet, I have something for you..."

When Angela entered the room, she found the bed empty, and Juliet was nowhere to be found. Panic began to well up inside and she quickly exited the room and went down the

hallway and towards Ed's office.

"Doctor Burke, Juliet's gone."

Ed's office door flew open and he stood in front of Angela quiet anger written all over his face. But he was disguising it with practiced calm.

"Don't worry Mrs. Stevenson. We'll find her. She wouldn't just run off and keep that baby for herself. She's under contract with you."

Angela rubbed her hands up and down her arms.

"We are paying her a lot of money. Lawrence and I, we want to be there when she gives birth. We went to see our baby come into the world in person."

Ed stuck his hand out, and his smile grew bigger. His plan was working. He was going to get his millions.

"You've got a deal."
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"Blondie, wake up."

Juliet was startled awake, and as she sat up, she ran a hand through her hair.

"It was a nightmare. No more ice cream for me before bed. This baby growing inside doesn't help my sleep patterns either."

James nodded in sympathy and reached a hand over her back and began massaging it.

"Oooh. Thank you, James. It seems like this baby puts pressure on everything. I'm much more out of breath with this one, than I have been with Mayra, Hayley or Cara. I have a

strong hunch, that since this isn't our child, it'll be a boy."

James seemed to sadden a bit at the mention of having a boy.

"Like you said blondie, we can't control nature. It picks for us. 'Course this time, it didn't pick for us."

Juliet propped herself up on one elbow in bed and looked at James. Shaking her head, she held back tears she knew were threatening to come at any moment.

"How did Ed end up getting his way? Locking me away from you? I'm not a broodmare. But he sees me as one so he can gain his millions and take all the credit for my research."

James ran a hand through Juliet's blond curls and brought her in for a kiss. A look of pain brushed across her pretty features and she gently pushed James away. Concerned James

looked Juliet up and down.

"What's wrong blondie?"

Plopping her head against the pillow, she let her fingers curl around the sheets in a tight ball. She took in a breath to try and reign in her nerves. Letting the breath out, she looked

to James trying to convey confidence.

"Contraction. It should go away on its own. But just in case, maybe you should call David."

James gave her a somewhat pointed look before going for his cell. "Every little hiccup and you go to Davey-boy, don't you?"

Juliet rolled her eyes and kept still on the bed.

"He's been taking care of me James. Medically speaking anyways."

Juliet added to her thought.

"I agreed on David taking care of me throughout this pregnancy. I wouldn't let Ed touch me. Besides. He hasn't so much as got his hands dirty in years."

James smirked and sat on the edge of the bed.

"Why's that blondie?"

Juliet shook her head and gave her own small smirk.

"He may know all the ins and outs of birth as a technicality, but he always thought it was too messy. He hated cleaning up afterwards. What can I say? The man has a weak spot,

and that just happens to be it."

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"Hey Jules. What's going on?"

James was leading David into their bedroom. Juliet took a breath and looked him dead in the eye.

"I've had three contractions in the last hour. Give me some good news."

Now it was David's turn to worry. A deep-seated frown adorned his face and he approached the bed.

"No bleeding?"

Juliet shook her head.

"No."

Juliet stayed perfectly still as David asked another question.

"What about your water? Has it broken?"

Shaking her head again, Juliet responded.

"No. Still intact. The bed is bone dry."

David looked as if he were pondering her situation. But there was something else he wasn't telling her.

"There's something else I didn't tell you Jules. Do you remember the first ultrasound I gave you? Four or five months ago? I found that there were two heartbeats. You're having

twins."

Juliet sat back in silence for a few brief moments to soak in the info that David provided.

"Twins? David, why didn't you tell me? Ed's going to get double his money now."

David cleared his throat and sighed.

"Doctor Burke doesn't know you're having twins."

Juliet furrowed her eyebrows in confusion.

"How does Ed not know?"

David looked at Juliet sideways and his frown deepened.

"I improvised and used the doctored video from the first time you had the false-positive. He thinks there's one baby present in your womb. Not two."

Juliet spied the bag over David's shoulder.

"What's in the bag David?"

David set the bag on the bed and took out a portable monitor.

"We can monitor your contractions from here. You are going to need to stay still though, and quiet."

Juliet stayed still as David put the monitor over her stomach. James noticed the strange welts and ask a question.

"Where'd you get those marks blondie?"

David filled James in on the situation.

"We think it may be from the hormone therapy she was being given awhile back. We're not sure yet."

James watched David as he pressed a few buttons and then watched the machine on their side table.

"As long as this machine tells me that my wife is alright, I won't hold nothin' against ya Davey-boy."

To Be Continued...