She moans in pain, I can't help it; I have to go to her. I check that no one is watching before I crouch down next to her. She opens her eyes as if she has sensed my presence even before I reach out to touch her.
"Hey Rubs" I say to her.
"Ram, it hurts. It hurts so bad". She tells me her voice trembling with pain, fear, with I don't know what.
"Is it the baby?" I ask her, dreading the response. The baby, Slade's baby, part of me hopes that it died when the truck hit them, Slade doesn't want it, want Ruby, and he's only interested in Ebony. I worry what Ebony will do to them both, she's evil and she will do anything to keep Slade.
But Ruby wants the baby, even though she knows Slade isn't dying that we lied to her, she still wants it because that is what she's like…
Could I be a father to Slade's child, to that delinquent Lottie? If I meant being with Ruby then I would try….
Her response brings me back down to earth.
"Ram, there is no baby, I didn't know for certain but now I do and I'm not having Slade's child, I never was". She says sorrowfully, tears starting to roll down her pale cheeks.
I want to do something, anything to alleviate her suffering, to ease her pain so I a silent gesture of comfort I reach out and take her hand in mine.