My insane obsession

Part 21

Florida, end of October 2014. 

A month and a half later, still on vacation, I was at the Florida home. I was playing with the twins in the garden, playing ball, when I started to feel sick. Dizzy, I looked for a bench to sit on. Linda came to help me.

L: - What is happening, my sister, don't you feel well? You look pale!

C: - No, Dada, I feel dizzy.

L: - You are sweating cold ... take a deep breath.

When I felt better, Linda accompanied me to the bedroom. She laid me on the bed.

L: - Do you want me to call a doctor?

C: - No. Please don't say anything to anyone.

L: - Céline, you have to see what it is.

Dread consumed my mind. I knew what was happening to me. I sat on the bed. Distressed, I held my sister's hands.

C: - Dada, I'll make you a request. I need your help. I need you right now like I never had before in my life. But you have to promise me that you will be discreet and that you will understand me.

L: - Of course, Céline, you can count on me, you know. But you're making me worried, what is it?

C: - I need you to bring me a pregnancy test.

L: - Do you think you're pregnant? But ..... but .... it is .... I don't understand, how? Why don't you go to the doctor?

C: - I can't.Open-mouthed, Linda seemed to have understood the implicit message.

C: - Help me?

L: - Of course. Be right back. I'll ask you to bring tea.

C: - Thank you.

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Some time later, in Céline's room ... 

L: - Here it is, Céline. 

C: - Thank you, Dada. 

L: - You're welcome. Can I stay here? 

C: - Sure, please stay with me. 

Céline went to the bathroom. Minutes later, impatient, Linda goes after her. She finds Céline facing the sink, pale, with her hands over her mouth, wide eyes looking at the test.

L: - It was positive, Céline! 

Céline cried with sobs. Linda hugs her. 

L: - Calm down, stay calm. Come here, let's sit down. 

Linda gives Céline a glass of water. 

L: - Do you feel better? 

C: - Yes. 

L: - Do you want to talk about it? 

C: - What will become of me, Dada? What do I do? - I got up and turned my back on her. 

L: - Who is this child's father, Céline? 

Turning to Linda, I looked at her for mercy and answered bluntly. 

C: - Who! You know, Garou.   

L: - Of course it's him. I already suspected that. And what do you want to do? Are you going to have this baby?

C: - My God, of course, don't even say such a thing! 

L: - Sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you. And what do you intend to do now? 

C: - First I will tell him. And then I see ...... 

L: - Tell René. 

C: - No, I can't do that! He cannot know. He is sick. I fear for him. 

L: - And how do you intend to get out of this? 

C: - I will ask for the separation. And get out of here. 

L: - Are you crazy? 

C: - Why? 

L: - First because it won't relieve him at all. Why do you think he will suffer less like that? And then you have your professional commitments. You are Celine Dion, you can't "disappear".

C: - Oh, Dada, I'm lost!

L: - Do you know what I don't understand? You say you love your husband. Who doesn't want to see you suffer. And still looking for another one?

C: - Please don't judge me, Dada.

L: - No, I'm not judging you. I just wanted to understand .....I took a deep breath.

C: - We are not together since like today, Dada. We've been hiding this for years.

L: - Oh God! Céline, I have no idea how to help you. But I will do whatever it takes to protect you. To see you happy. You can be sure.

C: - Thank you, Dada. Love you. 

Hugging Linda, I cried on her shoulder. 

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Alone in my room, I felt the worst of creatures on the face of the earth. Living under the same roof as my husband, pregnant with another man. Adulterous. And now, confess. What will I do now? What will happen to me and to my baby?

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