"You're getting so big now Car, I don't know how you've managed to hide this for six months" Michelle said to Carla as they both side by side on the sofa, Carla was now six months pregnant and she was beginning to even through her baggy tops, she couldn't believe she had kept it from everyone, especially Peter, he was with her everyday and slept beside her every night she actually couldn't believe he hadn't noticed. Carla was happy, she couldn't wait to have her baby but she knew she couldn't hide it for much longer, she was terrified of this thought she didn't know what she was going to tell Peter or everyone else for that matter she was such a terrible liar. "Yeah I sure am 'Chelle, I'm scared though, everyone's going to find out soon" She said with her smile fading more and more as she finished her sentence. "Carla sweetheart I…" Michelle said but she was interrupted by the sound of Michelle's mobile ringing, it was Ryan, he was coming to stay and Michelle had to go pick him up.
"Carla sorry I gotta go pick up my Ryan, we'll talk later promise baby, you comin' with me to pick 'im up?" Michelle enquired. "Erm… no just you go on, I'm going to go to the factory and get some work done while no-one's in, I'll see ya later 'Chelle" Carla said before giving Michelle a hug and watching her quickly leave the stylish flat.
Rubbing her temples, Carla leaned back in her chair shuffling the paperwork in front of her, she hunted through her desk looking for a black folder but she couldn't find it at all, she laughed when she remembered that she had left it upstairs, "silly me" she mumbled. "Wow, what are you at in there you little monkey!" Carla smiled as she rubbed her neat little bump hidden away under her baggy top. She strutted up the stairs holding her tummy, as she got to the top she started talking to her bump while cradling it, "I hope you like me being your mummy, I'll try and be the best mummy I can to you" she said in such a sweet voice. "I'm not as bad as people make me out to be ya know, and you're my baby and no-one else's ya hear me…" Carla was interrupted as she spoke by a voice that sent shivers up her spine, she was terrified.
"Oh but it's my baby too Carla, isn't it?"Frank said smirking. "What the 'eck are you doing here!" Carla said trying to sound brave but her voice quivered making it clear she wasn't. "Oh I think we have a lot more things to talk about rather than why I'm here, don't you?" he said walking towards her and placing his hands on her tummy. "Get your hands off me!" she spat boldly, he ignored her and pushed her against the wall, "Ouch get off me, please be careful Frank please!" she said vulnerably. Frank started rubbing her tummy and started putting pressure on it as he spoke "You're not giving birth to this baby."
As he grabbed her wrists and pushed her further against the wall she broke into a deep flood of tears, "please, I won't tell anyone it's yours, I won't tell anyone what's happened please don't hurt my baby please" she pleaded with him. "You're not giving birth to this baby" he repeated, "either you get rid of it, or I do" he said before snaking his hand up Carla's thigh. "Please" she cried, "you never learn do you Carla? Saying please doesn't work, remember?" he laughed maliciously taunting her as she cried. He squeezed her upper thighs and snaked higher, she screamed and somehow managed to push him away, she ran towards the stairs grabbing the railings to support herself. He grabbed her arm and pulled her back towards him, she forcefully pulled away from him but she slipped and fell screaming as she did so. Frank stood at the top of the stairs staring at her, she was just laying there motionless. "Carla!" he shouted as he knelt beside her but when she didn't move he fled. He ran out of the factory confused, he jumped in his car and sped away as fast as he could.
"I'm just gonna go over to the factory to see where she is, she isn't answering her phone, see ya babe" Michelle shouted to Maria and watched her walk into Audrey's Salon before she continued on down the cobbles. The factory door was slightly open, weird Michelle thought as she pushed it open and closed it behind her. "Where you ignoring me or summit? I've been ringing ya this past hour or so!" Michelle said cheekily, she didn't get a response from Carla and she could see she wasn't in the office. "Carla… CARLA baby oh my god!" Michelle roared horrified at the sight of her best friend lying in her own blood. She knelt down beside her and scooped her up and cuddled her and cried "please wake up Car!"
Carla squeezed Michelle's arm "Call.. Call an ambulance" she coughed out, "hhurry please 'Chelle." Michelle grabbed her phone from her pocket and dialled 999. "Yeah an ambulance please, my friend I think she's fallen down the stairs but she's six months pregnant! Erm... Underworld Factory Coronation Street, please hurry!" Michelle cried as she hung up the phone and cradled Carla in her arms waiting for the ambulance. "Frank…" Carla said but her voice was becoming slurred as she slipped into unconsciousness, "Frank what Car? Baby stay with me please!" Michelle sobbed.
"Hurry get this woman to Theatre right now, Carla Connor age thirty-seven, six months pregnant!" The doctor shouted as he pushed the stretcher down the long hospital corridor. Michelle stood staring through the big glass doors with tears streaming down her face as she watched her best friend being rushed to Theatre, she was so worried about her, what if Carla loses her baby? What if I lose Carla?
