Eliza Donoghue was the towns Golden Girl. She could never put a foot wrong, until Austin Wilde used her for his own amusement. Finding out she was pregnant was the hardest thing for her and she leaves the small town she grew up in.
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Mom leans on the walking stick for support and with the other hand threads it through my arm. "Whatever happens at this appointment know that I love you."
I stop walking and look closely at her. "Mom, is there going to be something wrong with you? Have you been keeping secrets from Dad and me?"
She shakes her head. "I would never keep a secret from you. You know I share everything with you about my health. But, something could show up on the MRI scan. The last time something did the Doctor prescribed me some medication that I take every day." Placing her hand on my face. "Don't be scared for me, Eliza. I've lived a good life and your siblings and you are the best thing that's ever happened to me."
I'm scared for her now. After she mentioned that. Why did she have to leave negative things in my head?
We walk into Doctor Clifford's surgery. A receptionist is behind the desk and she looks up as we approach. Her brown hair is falling into her face. Grabbing the elastic band from her hair she fixes it up before saying. "Hello, how are you?"
Mom smiles at her. "I'm okay. I have an appointment to see Dr Clifford today."
"Name?"
"Amadene Donoghue." She places her hand on the table as we wait for the receptionist to type stuff into her computer.
The receptionist smiles before saying. "Take a seat. Dr Clifford will be with you shortly."
"Thanks," Mom leads the way to the waiting and she takes a seat in the front row.
Looking around the room I see a pregnant woman with their partners. Children playing with puzzles and reading books.
A ball rolls over to Mom and I. Picking it up I wait for a cute little girl with blonde hair and pigtails walk over. She looks at the ball and then at me. "Excuse me. Can I have the ball, please?"
I give her the ball and then watch as she runs over to a girl that looks exactly like her.
She's a twin.
Mom places her hand in mine. "Are you okay, Eliza?"
"I'm good, Mom. Just being in this room makes me think that just being physical with Austin isn't good. We need to get to know each other again, but all the time we end naked in a bed or fucking somewhere and I forget that I should be getting to know him again."
She shakes her head. "That's terrible, Liza. I wish you would have waited a little longer before getting back with him. I don't want to see you go through the pain you did ten years ago when he left. He was your first love too and any relationship isn't going to stand up to that. Your father was my only love and I lucked out with him."
"Amadene Donoghue." Dr Clifford calls from the across the room.
Mom stands up and so do I. she looks at me and says. "I want to go in there on my own. I'll let you know if there's something wrong with me." she kisses my cheek before moving towards the dr and his room. she enters the room.
Dr Clifford waits for Mom to walk into the room before closing the door and I lose sight of my mother.
Picking up a magazine I start flipping through it skimming over some stories. I stop at a story that interests me.
"Eliza?" someone says, from across the room.
Looking up I'm greeted by a familiar blonde, blue-eyed woman. I try to remember her name and then something clicks in my head. "Lolly?"
That was her nickname in high school. I think her real name was Lola, but from all the lollypops she ate at school that's how the name stuck.
She pulls a face at the nickname, but then she plasters a smile on her face. "I thought that was you. What are you doing here?"
"My Mom is getting a check-up. I brought her here for the appointment as she can't drive."
"Oh," her face drains of colour. "I forgot about that. How is your mother?"
"She's doing great. What about you? When are you due?" taking in her stomach I see she's about to pop. So, it can't be too much longer before the baby comes.
She throws her head back and laughs. "You ask too many questions in one sentence. To answer the first one. I've been great. I'm married to Alexander Mason."
Wow, she's married to one of the best Baseball players in the country. He plays for Boston Red Sox.
"However, things will be better when this little one is out of me. It's terrible being pregnant during the summer. It's too hot and I feel exhausted a lot more. My husband has been a lot of help though. I don't think I'd be where I am without him."
"Speaking of your husband. Where is he?"
The door to the surgery opens and a guy with dark hair and blue-eyes walks in. Scanning the room his eyes land on Lolly and a smile spreads across his face. "Hey, baby." He takes long strides towards her and then embraces her. "How are you?"
She leans back and looks into his eyes. "I'm good. What took you so long?"
"You're mother asked me to do a few things before she let me leave her at the store. She wants to know what you want for dinner."
"Um," a smile spreads across her face. "I want you to take me out on a date. It's been too long since we've been out together." Turning towards me says. "Do you want to come out with us?"
"Actually, I have a date with Austin tonight and we're having dinner with his parents."
"Austin Wilde?"
"Yep, the one and only."
Lolly steps out of her husband's arms. Taking a seat next to me says. "Have you the paper? There's a lot of stories about him in the papers. Some are true, but others seem fake."
"What kind of stories?"
She pulls her phone out of her pocket and types Austin's name into the search engine. A bunch of stories come up and I take the phone from her. June 11, 2020 Austin Wilde has been arrested for taking a bribe from one of his clients. The amount is being withheld because the amount is insignificant. He was walked out of his firm's office and also suspended from the company while the charges are being looked into.
There's a picture of Austin with handcuffs around his wrists being escorted by two officers.
He's not going to tell me about this. I just have to figure a way to bring it up in a conversation and see if it's true with what they've said about Austin. I don't want to believe a story like that.
Giving the phone back to her I say. "Thanks for showing me this. I should look further into the stuff that he's into. I don't want to be put in danger because I wasn't aware of the dangerous things that he's apart of."
Lolly places her hand on my arm. "You're a smart woman, Liza. You should know what you're getting into."
"Thanks," looking up the door to Dr Clifford's office opens and Mom steps out of the room. she walks over to me. "Are you ready to go?"
"Yes," she has a prescription in her hand and she hands it to me. "We just need to stop by the drug store before going home."
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