Betrayal
How quickly one look could change everything. Not the look itself but what it found. Pregnancy was usually a joyous occasion, a reason for celebration, but this felt nothing more than a mockery. A nice little 'screw you' without anything ever being said.
Eddie left, hurt and dejected. Head hanging low, he knew when he was defeated. This once.
Rachel turned around, the door closing resolutely between her and the life she had built in those past few months. Coming face-to-face with a living nightmare. A very real, tangible Melissa, that friendly smile that now seemed so smug. Vicious.
But that wasn't what hurt the most, her hand resting on a perfectly rounded stomach. Protruding outward as if she were a balloon, full of hot air and nothing else. Wishful thinking to hope she would float away and never come back.
She wished she didn't feel that way about her own sister, though what else could she do? What could possibly be said or done to reverse this mess?
This was the worst mistake Melissa had ever made, coming to rest neatly on her and Eddie's lap. Silently asking them to tidy away what she had done. But that wouldn't work this time.
Rachel had never felt so betrayed.