Chapter 25: Claire’s POV
Chapter 25: Claire’s POV
I calm my sobbing and try to make sense of everything that has happened. I was kidnapped. I fell down four flights of stairs and I was pushed on purpose. Whoever hired that man
wanted my
baby dead and they succeeded.
—
Could Charlotte have noticed and done this to drive
a wedge between Leo and I?
Why would someone do this?
I lay there, staring out the window and Jordan sits there silently. He passes glances my way to make sure I’m alright as I ignore every one of them. I was grateful to Jordan in that moment but I had lost everything and there was nothing he could do.
I hear the door creak open carefully, knowing it’s not the doctor and I see Jordan look up sadly. He slowly gets up to leave.
“I’ll give you two the room. I’ll be right down the hall, Claire. Call me if you need anything.” He gives my hand a squeeze and I watch as he nods at Leo passing him silently. Leo gives him a nod and walks over to my side.
“Claire?” He asks carefully as he sits down on the bed next to me. He gently touches my face as tears stream down my cheeks.
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“Claire, please tell me what happened?” He lols heart–broken by my condition alone.
“It’s doesn’t matter now.” I say in a dead–pan
voice.
“What do you mean? Of course, it does. Look at you. You’re hurt.” He was wrong. I was hurting which was far worse than my physical injuries.
“I’m okay.” I lied. I felt numb. I felt broken and I looked horrible.
“You are not okay. Had the doctor came in to see you? I can call them in right now.” He goes to get up but I grab his hand bringing back to sitting.
“The doctor already came in.” I let go as soon as he sits down and he grabs my hand again.
“Claire, what happened? I’m worried. Jordan called and said you had been in an accident.” I begin crying at the words. This was no accident.
“I wanted to go to Jasmine’s and I saw your note so I gave the driver the address. I fell asleep in the back as he drove and when I woke up, we were in the warehouse district and it wasn’t your driver.” I begin sobbing as I recount what had happened to
- me.
“Who was it? What did they do to you?” He was shaking in anger. I swallowed the lump in my
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throat as I continue.
“He had a gun and told me to walk up the tower stairs and he threw me down once I had reached the
top.”
“Why? Why would someone do this?” Leo was enraged and I couldn’t contain it any longer.
“Because I was pregnant!” I lose it and begin crying
in agony.
Leo looks distressed. He looks at me in shock and
pulls me into a hug.
“He knew that I was pregnant – I begged him! And he killed my baby!” I sobbed uncontrollably as Leo held me.
“Claire, why wouldn’t you tell me?” I hear him ask sadly.
“Tell you what? You didn’t want kids and they did this to me for you!” I push him
away.
“Claire, I’m so sorry. If I had known, I would’ve been there to protect you.”
“Protect me from what? They killed my baby! They killed my son!” I cover my face as I shook and cried.
“Our son?” Leo sounds destroyed.
“He left as I bled in the floor alone! I crawled out of
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that warehouse and Jordan found me but it wasn’t
too late…” I feel Leo’s arms come around me.
Holding me tight as though I’d vanish into thin air the moment he’d let go.
“Claire, this is all my fault. I should have been there. I should have known. They’ll pay for what they’ve done. I promise you.” He tries to console
- me.
“I just want to go home.”
“Okay, we can go home.”
“No.”
He looked at me confused.
“I want to move back in with Jasmine.” My words stung him.
“Claire, you’re my wife. I need to take care of you.”
“No. You’ve abandoned me. You’ve betrayed me. You’ve broken me. We have no home.” I sob as I finally tell Leo all that he’s done.
“I can fix it, Claire. We can have more children. I can be there.” He begged me.
“No, this was the last straw and it has broken my back. Look at me.” He holds my hand tightly in his.
“Claire, please don’t go.” He looked just as broken
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as I felt but my mind was made up.
“Leo, our baby is gone. You can’t fix this and I can’t
do this anymore. I want a divorce.”
“Claire, don’t make such a rash decision right now.” He was begging me to reconsider.
“I want a divorce.”
I watch as Leo pulls out his phone and contacts his attorney and stands.
“Hey, draft the paperwork for the divorce and leave it at my desk.”
“Are you sure, boss?”
“No, but my wife is.”
He hangs up without another word. I lay there in pain as tears continue down my face.
“I’ll go get Jordan for you. But before I go-” Leo turns back to me and kisses my forehead gently.
“I love you and I will never stop loving you.”
I cry and he slowly sulked out of the room in defeat.
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