Chapter 7:
Hanna's POV:
It's been 3 months since the accident at the store. Caleb made an insurance claim and we are getting the store renovated. We are now at out scan for the baby.
Doctor: Baby's measurements are looking good. If you have any problems or questions, give me a call.
Hanna: Thank you.
Caleb and I drive home and then he gets the kids.
April: How was your appointment mom?
Hanna: It was good, thanks for asking.
April: I was talking to Jade at school today and we wanted to know if we could have a sleep over this weekend at her house? She said she'd ask her mom and I said I would ask you.
Hanna: As long as auntie Aria and uncle Ezra are ok with it, it's fine by me.
April: Thanks!
April takes the iPad upstairs to face time Jade.
Hanna: How was school Molly?
Molly: I missed you momma.
Hanna: I missed you to.
I sit with Molly for a few moments, and then she goes upstairs. Jacob goes upstairs aswell and then I sit with Caleb.
Caleb: What did you do whilst I was gone?
Hanna: I might have prepared a chili dinner.
Caleb: That explains the amazing smell.
Hanna: Well, you know where I get my cooking skills.
Caleb: Your mother.
Hanna: Actually, my dad.
Caleb: So it was your father doing the cooking and not your mom?
Caleb's POV:
We eat dinner and then go to bed. In the morning, Hanna and me are going to Rosewood High, as Jacob will be starting there next September. We wake up, take the kids to school and then go to the high school. We find Aria and Spencer. We know Ezra is teaching at Hollis and Toby is working on a case. We get taken round the school and then go to the brew.
Aria: So, do you think you will end up sending Jacob to Rosewood High?
Hanna: It's the only option we have. Unless we move away, it's the only high school that isn't longer than a 30-minute drive.
Spencer: That's what Toby said to me.
We get drinks and then Spencer and Aria leave. Soon after, Hanna and me leave.
Hanna: I have to go to Philly in the morning.
Caleb: Why?
Hanna: A work conference. A magazine company wants us to have our own magazine so I'm going there tomorrow. It's only for a few hours though.
Caleb: Ok. Are you staying over night?
Hanna: At the moment no, but if the traffic is bad, then I will stay in a motel or something.
Caleb: So you are just gonna drop everything and leave?
Hanna: Don't start Caleb!
Caleb: Don't start what? You have literately just told me that you are going to Philly tomorrow and you expect me to take time off of work to look after our children?
Hanna: Hold on. It's for less than 48 hours. You take the kids to school and is it any of your business?
Caleb: Of course it's my business. For all I know, you could be going to meet some guy and this baby might not even be mine.
Hanna: Don't say that again. We've been through this and you know the baby si yours!
Caleb: How do I though? How many times have you lied to me through our marriage.
Hanna: There.
Caleb: There, what?
Hanna: That last sentence you said, say it again.
Caleb: How many times have you lied to me through our marriage?
Hanna: The last word of that sentence, say it again.
Caleb: Marriage.
Hanna: Marriage. The day I said I do was the day I said my vows to the man I love. I meant those vows and when I said that I would never cheat on you, I meant it loud and clear Caleb. I love you and you love me. So I want you to snap out of this miserable mood and be the Caleb that I know. Not the Caleb that accuses me of cheating every five minutes.
Caleb: I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me. I love you to. I shouldn't have flipped out on you like that.
Caleb and I eat dinner with our children and then I go upstairs. I lay on the bed and I'm on my phone. Aria is face timing me, so I answer.
Aria: Hanna, I'm not even kidding right now.
Hanna: Why's it so dark? Where's Ezra, where are the kids?
Aria: They went out for Ice cream. The power went off and I can't get it back on. I feel like someone is watching me.
Aria screams and then hides behind her island in her kitchen.
Hanna: What happened?
Aria: Did you just see that?
Hanna: See what?
Aria: Oh.. my.. god.
Hanna: What? Show me!
Aria flips the camera and there's nothing there.
Hanna: I don't see anything.
Aria: My dad, he was standing right there.
Caleb's POV:
Hanna left for Philly a few hours ago. I'm sitting with Toby at his house and we are watching a soccer game.
Caleb: Do you want another beer?
Toby: Yeah. They are in the bottom of the refrigerator.
Caleb: Ok.
I get the beers for the two of us. I sit down and after the game I pick my kids up from school. I take them home, they pack their bags and then I take them to Ashley's.
Ashley: Would you like to come in for a drink Caleb?
Caleb: Sure, why not?
I go inside and Ashley and I sit on the couch.
Ashley: When did Hanna leave?
Caleb: Early hours of the morning.
Ashley: Ok. How are things going with you two anyway?
Caleb: We are fine. We did have an argument though, but it was completely my fault. It's a long story and we've put it behind us.
Ashley: Ok. As long as it's not affecting the children, I don't really want to know about it. I'm not saying that I don't care, I do, I don't want to get involved.
Caleb: Totally understandable.
Ashley gets up and goes to the kitchen.
Ashley: Damn it!
Caleb: What's the matter?
Ashley: I was meant to be cooking pasta for the kids tonight but I have run out of the sauce.
Caleb: I could go and grab you some if you want?
Ashley: Really? Thank you!
Ashley tries to give me money, but I refuse.
Hanna's POV:
I'm driving on the highway at the speed of 45 mph. Some idiots in front of me are going slow and I can't change lanes to overtake them. I keep honking my horn, and the go a little faster. All of a sudden, They speed up and then break. My car crashes into the back of theirs. The impact is so, so hard that the windscreen is smashed to bits and I'm hurled out my seat. I'm thrown into the air like a rage doll and I land on the concrete a few moments after. There is glass everywhere. Everything goes dark and then I wake up. The first thing I see is my car that was once perfect, but it now completely useless and is smashed up. I feel ok I guess, so I get up. Some people are gathering round me and asking questions.
Person 1: Are you okay? Someone call and ambulance, this woman is pregnant.
I'm taken to a small bench that is on the side of the road. I can feel blood dripping from my head, but all I want is to speak to Caleb. I get back up and walk over to my destroyed car. I can see my phone. It's smashed, but the screen is still working. I try to grab it, but 3 people pull me back. Thank god they did or I would have been killed because seconds after, my car has an explosion. Everything goes dark again and I wake up in the hospital with Caleb by my side.
Hanna: I'm sorry, I'm so, so sorry. Please forgive me.
Caleb: You have nothing to be sorry for. The crash was not you're fault and don't ever think it is. A doctor comes in with her clipboard and has something to say.
Doctor: We did a scan for your baby, and it's there, but something that isn't is a heartbeat. I'm so sorry, but your baby has passed away.
I immediately burst into tears and scream. I try scrunching my eyes closed and try to pretend it's all a nightmare, but when I open my eyes again, I'm still in the same position as I was before. The doctor leaves and Caleb starts to cry. I continue to scream and cry hysterically. I wrap my arms around my bump and Caleb hugs me.
Hanna: I'm so sorry.
Caleb: It's not your fault.
I calm down about 15 minutes later and then the doctor comes back.
Hanna: I want to have a proper burial for him or her. Was it a boy or girl?
Doctor: By the looks of it, it was a little boy.
Hanna: Our little Dylan. I love you so much.
Doctor: He is very small, so it's your choice, you can have him surgically removed or give birth to him. If you choose to give birth to him, we will give you a pill that will induce labour. If you choose surgical, then you will have to go now.