She's My Sleeping Pill

“Sorry,” Cayenne muttered with tears in her eyes. Realization sank deep into her brain and it also scared her that she did something reckless for their child. “I was just really shocked by the news. I really tried to hold it in but my emotions overpowered my rationality. I’m sorry. I also want to apologize to Carla, is she okay?”

“Carla is fine. She was checked already and although she isn’t injured or wounded, she’d probably get bruises.”

The safety of Cayenne and her baby was thanks to their chef. If she didn’t act quickly, Cayenne would surely lose the baby if she directly fell on the floor. Apparently, when Carla saw that it was Cayenne who grabbed her phone, she stood up from her seat to grab a glass of water for her madam. It was obvious that she’d need it while processing the news in her head. The moment she turned around, Cayenne was already trembling and her knees were shaking. To cushion Cayenne from the fall, Carla slid on the floor and Cayenne landed on her. Her butt was the one that suffered the most.

“I’m sorry,” Cayenne mumbled once again and Stefan just kissed her forehead to tell her it was fine. “Did you know about the news?”

“Yes. It is the one I promised to tell you about tomorrow. I’m sorry I kept it from you.”

“I know why you did it so there is nothing to apologize for, but my guilt...hon, this happened because of me.” The fear that Stefan wanted to prevent from consuming her still came when she needed to rest. “If I didn’t tell you, you wouldn’t give Thomas the clue and he wouldn’t come to find her. None of this would have happened if I decided to shut up.”

“Yeah,” Stefan said and Cayenne burst into tears because of his confirmation that she was at fault but he wasn’t done talking yet. “It all started with you telling me about Monet’s hiding place. Hon, if you didn’t say so, Monet would continue to suffer alone. Did you read the whole news? Monet is pregnant for over five months.”

“Huh? Oh, yeah. Something like that was in the news,” she responded while allowing Stefan to wipe her tears with his thumb. “Who’s the father?”

.....

“Thomas,” Stefan told her the information that he knew after a thorough investigation from Tristan. Monet learned of her pregnancy when she was still in London and based on her medical records, she probably got pregnant during the time they visited her. Monet loves no other man except Thomas and with Thomas asking Stefan about some weird dream he had, it was possible that he was drunk when it happened. No wonder Monet left without telling him anything.

When you think about it, the assumptions of many people were unfair. Since they found out about Monet’s pregnancy because of the news and paired with Thomas who has been posting a lot of things while looking for her, they all thought that it was Thomas who did something wrong which caused Monet to leave and keep the baby a secret. They would have never thought that it was all Monet’s plan and Thomas knew nothing about it.

“So, stop thinking that you are at fault. Did you cut the brake of the bus that hit the taxi they were on? You did not. Did you tell the taxi driver to use that street? You did not. Hon, you have nothing to do with it. In fact. You gave her child the chance to have a father. You gave Thomas a chance, to be honest with himself and face reality. You gave them the chance to build their family. It is up to them if they would take it or let the opportunity pass.”

“But – ”

“No, buts. Listen to me,” Stefan cupped her face and kissed her nose to distract her. “The only thing you did wrong was to tell me about Monet. Everything else after that, you have nothing to do with it. I know I can’t stop you from feeling guilty but I hope you can look at the brighter side of the situation. We’ll pray for her safety. I know that God won’t let good people suffer.”

Dr. Albert and Stefan were supposed to see each other the next day, but because of what happened to Cayenne, they moved their schedule, three days later to give Cayenne enough time to recover. Dr. Albert expressed his concern for Cayenne since he knew that the woman was pregnant but he wasn’t sad that their meeting was canceled. At the very least, they have a few more days to look around the city before meeting Stefan.

“So, you have heard the information, right?” Dr, Albert asked Latticia even though the woman won’t be able to respond to him. “Since we could not meet him until three days later, do you want to go outside and see how the city has changed over the years?”

Silence.

He looked around to get two different things for her choices once again since it was the only way to communicate with her. “I really wish there is a pattern to the time of your miracle healing,” he mumbled without really needing anyone to answer it. “Here.” he showed her the flower vase and the TV remote. “If you want to go out, look at the flower vase and it was the TV remote otherwise. So, which one?”

Back in Senyu Medical Hospital, Luiz and Kyle came running after hearing what happened to their sister. Kyle even missed his licensure review because of this and Luiz, thankfully, didn’t have a photoshoot.

“Are you fine now? Really, really fine? How about the baby?” Luiz fired his questions incessantly while looking at his sister’s medical board on the side of her bed. He learned to read basic data because of Clarisse, his girlfriend, who aspired to become a doctor one day. “I was really worried.”

“How about I stay with you guys for the time being since I’m only doing reviews? I can help whenever Stefan goes to work.” Kyle said without calling Stefan his brother-in-law any more. Before they’d call him brother-in-law this, brother-in-law that, and after some time, they felt it sounded so distant. At the same time, Kyle asked if they could call him by his first name and when Stefan agreed, that was the time they started calling him by his name.

Stefan wasn’t against the idea and technically, he built those guest’ rooms in their house for this purpose – when someone from their family wants to stay over.

“I’d like to offer some help as well but I have pending work and I still have to study,” Luiz mentioned depressingly. He really wanted to stay with his sister as well.

In the end, it was Kyle who got the approval of staying over to help his sister during her pregnancy. In this way, Stefan can stop worrying over his wife’s welfare while Kyle is with her.