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Chapter 3 - The Start of Suspicions

Sonic's P.O.V.

My wife is an amazing woman, no doubt about that. The honeymoon phase in our relationship was sensational; we used to do so many things together as a couple and made love to each other all the time. As we got older, things changed from the moment we had a discussion about having our own children.

Flashback. (Normal P.O.V., 2 years ago)

"That movie was so romantic, don't you think babe?" Amy said to her husband, walking to the kitchen. Sonic followed her and hugged her from behind, kissing her neck. "Seems like someone's in the mood." She whispered, seductively.

"Let's go upstairs." He uttered in Amy's ear. She turned around with a sexy look on her face and gently brushed her lips with his.

"Let's make a baby." She answered, biting his bottom lip. Sonic slightly laughed. "I'm serious babe. We've been married for three years, don't you think we should start trying? I'm getting tired of using birth control." Sonic was taken aback by her words and stepped back with a look of annoyance on his face. Amy saw this and looked a bit discouraged, like she made a mistake mentioning baby business. "What's the matter doll?"

"Don't you think we're too young to raise a child?" He challenged. Amy raised an eyebrow.

"We're both 25. I don't think we're that young to start a family. Besides there are people who are teenage mums and dads and they don't have major problems with raising a child. Come on, think about it. We'll be so happy once we have a mini me or a mini you around." She said, attempting to kiss his neck. Sonic pulled away again.

"Babe, I don't think that's a good idea." He simply stated. Amy started to get agitated.

"Why don't you think it's a good idea? Come on Sonic, we're married and we're at a stage where we're both financially stable. A baby will bring us closer together." She persuaded him.

"I don't want to talk about this anymore." He said, walking away. It was at this point that she started to get mad and she had a feeling there was a reason why he was talking the way he was.

"Sonic what's the real reason you don't want to have a baby?" She asked but he didn't respond. "Sonic I'm talking to you." He still didn't respond and proceeded to walk up the stairs until Amy dragged him back. "What's the matter with you? You can't keep running away from your problems! I'm your wife. You shouldn't be hiding anything from me. If you're nervous, I'll understand but we can get through this together. We both made a commitment when we got married and I'm prepared to keep that. I love -"

"I don't want kids." He simply answered, cutting her off. When he saw the horrified look on her face, he walked upstairs and locked the bedroom door. Amy stood there for a few minutes in horror, then sadness and despair. She sat down in the living room and began to cry her eyes out. She was absolutely devastated; the man that she wanted to spend the rest of her life with didn't want to share the love they both had. It maybe didn't seem like a big deal to Sonic but it seemed like a huge deal to her and for the fact that he didn't even acknowledge the fact that it would hurt her?

That was heartbreaking.

End of Flashback.

It's the eyes that broke my heart. Her eyes. My wife's eyes were full of shock, disappointment and pain when they were usually full of love and life. I knew she wanted to have a child so badly but we weren't on the same page. Looking after and raising a child seemed like such an exercise to me. I wouldn't be able to do the things I loved to do because I would be committed to spending time with it.

I mean the child.

I really hoped that my relationship with my wife could be restored to how it used to be. Whenever she told me she missed those times we had, my heart broke even more for her. The truth is, I was never ready for a long term relationship. I never wanted any of it. The plan was to be a rich playboy and bachelor boy all my life until the walking sticks and the mobility scooters were needed. Everything changed when Amy came to my life. She changed all of that. It was scary the way she changed me but she was the key to my happiness. I really wanted to be the husband that she deserved and loved so badly.

Maybe I couldn't do it for her.

It was about 11 in the morning and we were still in bed. She was still fast asleep, looking at beautiful as ever as always. My mind kept racing to how we made love last night. It had been so long since we had been intimate with each other that waves of euphoria kept crashing within me. Oh my precious Amy. Maybe we could try for a baby after all. I didn't know. I was confused on what to do.

My thoughts were interrupted when a notification came through on Amy's phone. There were messages from Rouge and... Shadow? Why on earth would he be texting her? We both hadn't seen each other since the wedding. Hmm.

Rouge: My love. You NEED to come over. I heard what happened. Call me when you see this.

Something happened?

Shadow: Call me Rose. We need to talk.

Huh? What kind of confusing messages were these?

"Babe what are you doing with my phone?" Amy wondered. Gosh I wondered how long she was awake. I couldn't help but ask her what the messages meant.

"Rouge said something happened. Did anything happen recently?"

Silence.

"And why's Shadow messaging you? Have you been keeping contact with him or something?" For some reason, when I mentioned Shadow's name, she sprung up abruptly and snatched her phone from me.

"Don't you think it's a bit rude to go through my phone, especially while I'm sleeping?" She declared, her eyes fixated at the screen.

"I'm your husband. I think I have the permission to do that." I replied. "For someone that just woke up, you're pretty alert." She scoffed.

"I have to go over to Rouge's." She simply stated, hurrying into the bathroom. I sighed. This marriage was definitely on the rocks and I wasn't sure how much more of this bullshit I could take. I had to talk to someone and since Tails wasn't in town, there was another option...

"Thanks for meeting me here on such short notice." I said.

"Yeah you're welcome. You're gonna have to hurry up though, I have a very tight schedule." Sally answered. We both sat down opposite each other in the cafe not too far away from my house. Sally was one of my close friends and I really needed this support. I did feel awkward talking about this to her since she was my ex-girlfriend and we also went through a rough patch.

"So I'm having a few problems with Amy." She rolled her eyes.

"Is this about the baby problem again? You really need to lighten up about that." I also rolled my eyes.

"No not that. She's been acting off for a few days."

"Because she's still angry that you don't want a baby with her?"

"NO!" I shouted. Sally looked a bit worried but gave me an annoying smirk. "Sorry. I've been so tense lately. You see, we argued two days ago because I didn't want to have sex with her. I had come back from work that day and I was really tired." I explained.

"When are you not?" She sarcastically remarked. I growled in annoyance at this. The last thing I needed was more drama.

"ANYWAY, she was really angry and she didn't come back until the next morning from Rouge's house, reeking of alcohol and men's cologne." Sally didn't look up from her laptop she was using.

"I'm sure it's nothing. She wouldn't do anything stupid, she's married to you. She loves you." Sally reassured me. I sighed in relief at this but I still wasn't satisfied.

"Okay but get this. This morning, I went through her phone -"

"Bad move. No one likes an invasion of privacy." At this point, I wanted to really stick my fingers in her eyes. When she saw the look I gave her, she retreated. "Sorry darling, carry on."

"I went through her phone and I see two messages. One from Rouge and one from Shadow." She instantly looked up when I mentioned Shadow's name. "Yeah I know. Rouge said she heard what had happened and that she needs to call her and then Shadow said that Amy should call him as well. I think something's up and I don't know what exactly." I explained to her.

"Hmm, that's really strange that Shadow sent her a message. Maybe she's seen him recently and forgot to tell you?"

"I highly doubt that. She tells me everything."

"It's Rouge's message that throws me off the most. I don't want to worry you but if something happened to her, you do deserve to know about it. You are her husband after all. Since we all haven't heard from Shadow since the wedding, I do think it's a bit weird how he's messaging her. I would probably take that into consideration and keep an eye out for anything suspicious. Maybe you should talk to Rouge and ask her what was the situation that happened. As for Shadow, maybe you should ask him why he wants to call your wife." Sally said to me. I nodded my head in agreement.

"I'll definitely do that. She's at Rouge's right now." I told her.

"Then that's your chance to see if you can get any information out of the both of them. If they don't tell you then something weird is going on and you need to find out as soon as possible." She advised me.

We both said our goodbyes as Sally had to hurry back into her meeting. I was kind of scared. My mind was thinking of the worst. What if my precious gem got raped? Assaulted? Threatened? If somebody hurt her then they were going to pay. They were going to pay with their soul. I knew my wife wouldn't do anything that would hurt me. I knew her more than anyone.

Or maybe I didn't. Maybe... No she couldn't have done that. That's would be out of this world. I trust my wife with all my heart and soul. I knew she wouldn't cheat on me.

I originally wanted to put in Rouge and Shadow in this chapter but I decided to dedicate this chapter to Sonic. I've actually read a lot of stories that make Sonic and Sally look like the bad people but I didn't want to do that. Anyway, there will be drama very soon! Tell me what you think. :)