His sister had just started making dinner just before they walked in and as
soon as Kit got a good sniff of the odors from the kitchen, her stomach
started lurching, and she went ahead and stepped out to sit for a little
while on the porch.
"We'll be back in in a little while, Sandy," Edwin tells her, as he ducks back after Kit.
They sit shoulder to shoulder on the porch steps in companionable silence for a little while and then he suggests that they walk down to the corner drugstore for a few minutes. She agrees, knowing that there are a few things that she needs to pick up while they're there.
She gets the things she needs and meets him to look at the pregnancy tests. They discuss which one they should get, and finally decide on one. They buy the items and head back to the house, after Edwin gets buttonholed about what he's been up to since the last time he was here. (The owners had known him since he was a little boy.) He introduced Kit and gave them a watered down version of what had happened the last few years while he was away.
When they finally get back to the house, Kit decides to forego dinner and goes straight upstairs to take a bath. While she is getting ready and running the water in the tub, she takes the pregnancy test out and uses it.
It comes out positive. She turns the water off and sits there, thinking for over an hour. Edwin breaks in after knocking on the door and not receiving an answer. She shows him the test. He reads it, snarls, and whirls around, striding out of the room. Kit begins to cry hard at the thoughts that are running around her head, thanks to his reaction.
Sandy comes in to find out what had just happened. Edwin had nearly knocked her over when he came barreling through the kitchen, heading for the garage. Kit shows her the test and then tells her about Edwin's reaction.
"He...he looked so mad. I was afraid to say anything, because the last time I did say something in the same type of situation, I got seriously injured. I don't care about me, but what about the baby? I can handle it if he rejects me, but what if he rejects the baby? It took two people to create this child, not just one of us. I don't really want to bring a child into the same type of situation that I grew up with. It's just too painful for me to consider. It brings up things that are better left hidden and buried."
Sandy realizes what Kit is talking about and reaches out, pulling Kit to her in a hug. "Even if Edwin won't have anything to do with the baby, we'll help you with the child. We're behind you one hundred percent, whatever you decide to do. I'm going to have niece or nephew. I can't wait! It's so exciting. At least in a way, it is."
"Thank you," Kit whispers. She finishes drying off and changes into her pajamas and crawls into the bed, exhausted.
"We'll be back in in a little while, Sandy," Edwin tells her, as he ducks back after Kit.
They sit shoulder to shoulder on the porch steps in companionable silence for a little while and then he suggests that they walk down to the corner drugstore for a few minutes. She agrees, knowing that there are a few things that she needs to pick up while they're there.
She gets the things she needs and meets him to look at the pregnancy tests. They discuss which one they should get, and finally decide on one. They buy the items and head back to the house, after Edwin gets buttonholed about what he's been up to since the last time he was here. (The owners had known him since he was a little boy.) He introduced Kit and gave them a watered down version of what had happened the last few years while he was away.
When they finally get back to the house, Kit decides to forego dinner and goes straight upstairs to take a bath. While she is getting ready and running the water in the tub, she takes the pregnancy test out and uses it.
It comes out positive. She turns the water off and sits there, thinking for over an hour. Edwin breaks in after knocking on the door and not receiving an answer. She shows him the test. He reads it, snarls, and whirls around, striding out of the room. Kit begins to cry hard at the thoughts that are running around her head, thanks to his reaction.
Sandy comes in to find out what had just happened. Edwin had nearly knocked her over when he came barreling through the kitchen, heading for the garage. Kit shows her the test and then tells her about Edwin's reaction.
"He...he looked so mad. I was afraid to say anything, because the last time I did say something in the same type of situation, I got seriously injured. I don't care about me, but what about the baby? I can handle it if he rejects me, but what if he rejects the baby? It took two people to create this child, not just one of us. I don't really want to bring a child into the same type of situation that I grew up with. It's just too painful for me to consider. It brings up things that are better left hidden and buried."
Sandy realizes what Kit is talking about and reaches out, pulling Kit to her in a hug. "Even if Edwin won't have anything to do with the baby, we'll help you with the child. We're behind you one hundred percent, whatever you decide to do. I'm going to have niece or nephew. I can't wait! It's so exciting. At least in a way, it is."
"Thank you," Kit whispers. She finishes drying off and changes into her pajamas and crawls into the bed, exhausted.