Our Baby •Waterloo Road•

Ch.Ten

Grace felt like she couldn't stay in Greenock. She couldn't stay around Max. He had hurt her too much.

It was 4am. Grace left the flat and sighed. She got into her car and looked at her phone. She saw a text from Max. She didn't want to see him. Despite their conversation from earlier, she couldn't stick around and watch him turn their daughter toxic like him. She couldn't do it.

Grace began to think of where she could go. She knew Max would go back to Rochdale for her. But she wouldn't be there. She would be somewhere else. Somewhere away from Max.

Before anything, Grace saw Max looking at her. She paled. "Do you really think I'm stupid enough to let you leave again. See that house down there, I bought it. For you."

Grace looked at Max and glared. "What? You think you can actually buy me Max?" Grace said as she went to drive off.

"I'm not buying you Grace. Grow up. It's for you and our daughter," Max said.

Grace just looked at him. She felt like she was banging her head against a brick wall. "I told you. I don't want the baby."

Max looked at her. "Don't you. Tell me this. If it wasn't because of me, and what I did, would you want it then? I know I'm the reason that you don't want to have this baby," Max said.

Grace rolled her eyes and looked at him. "Maybe. Maybe it is you. Or maybe I'm just not ready to have a baby. I'm six months pregnant Max. And I don't need this," she told him.

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Grace got to work and walked into the staffroom. She saw Aimee and Simon who were talking in hushed voices. She looked at her sister and sighed. She didn't know what was going on with her sister. And she knew that it was one of the things that was worrying her.

Grace knew she was worried about just what was going on with her and Max.

Grace walked over to where Aimee was. Aimee smiled. "Have you and Max sorted things out yet?" She asked. 

Grace shook her head and looked at her. "No. He says he bought me a house. He has done so many things. And he broke me. He broke my heart and I can't do it. I can't have a baby with Max," she told her.

Aimee smiled. "No matter what. You are having a baby with him. If you keep the baby. Or give it away. I know that you say you don't want the baby. But I can see. I can see how you are with the baby. Deep down, even if you won't admit it, I know that you will want that baby as soon as you have that baby. And I know that it's all going to change you," Aimee said as Grace looked at her and sighed.

Grace knew that Aimee was right. And no matter what, she and Max were connected. And that that they were always going to have a baby together.

But could Grace admit her fears and how she could actually want her baby.