After the test was finished the doctor informed Lisa that he would have the secretary call with the results of the tests. Lisa thanked the doctor for his time and left the examination room. Lisa found Landon still patiently sitting in the waiting room anxious for answers. When Lisa appeared in the door he couldn't help but rush over to her.
"So did the doctor tell you anything? Is it the flu?"
"The doctor wasn't sure what was wrong so he's supposed to call me with the results of the tests he performed" Lisa answered hoping Landon wouldn't ask what exactly the doctor was testing for. She was trying to be vague on purpose.
Landon accepted Lisa's answer like she had hoped. "Well, you'll let me know what the doctor finds out right, Leese?"
"Of course, Landon don't worry so much. I'm going to be fine. I just don't feel very good right now. Ir's probably something I ate." Lisa was getting tired of lying to everyone but it was better than the truth at this point.
Landon took Lisa back to house and reluctantly left her there by herself. Lisa didn't want Landon to be there when she got the phone call from the doctor. She was sure she would be fine by herself until tommorow.
As tired as Lisa was she had trouble sleeping that night. She didn't want to believe that her doctor might be right. Her symptoms were very common of pregnant women. Why hadn't she thought of it in the first place? She tossed and turned all night occasionally glancing at the alarm clock thinking that if she stared at it long enough time would eventually speed up.
The next morning Lisa had finally managed to fall asleep but was awoken by a loud ringing. When she realized it was her telephone she forced herself to get up out of bed to answer it.
"Hello" Lisa asked trying to sound awake.
"Hello, Ms. Reisert. This is Dr. Johnson's office calling. We have the results from the pregnancy test that you took yesterday. The results showed that you are indeed pregnant. The pregnancy explains all the symptoms you've been experiencing the past couple of days. "
Lisa dropped the phone in shock. Why did everything bad seem to happen to her?
"Ms. Reisert are you still there?" the secretary asked fearing she had lost the phone call due to the silence on the other end.
"Yes, I'm still here" Lisa managed to answer after she had picked up the dropped telephone.
"Dr. Johnson would like you to set up an appointment with an obstetrician as soon as possible. They will be able to give you more information and hopefully answer any questions you have. If you would like we can recommend you someone."
"No" Lisa said trying not to sound ungrateful. "That's okay I think I'll be able to manage it on my own. Thank you for calling."
"My pleasure" said the secretary obviously thinking this was usually a cause for celebration for most women.
After Lisa hung up the phone she had a strong urge to rip the thing out of the wall. Instead she just fell down on the kitchen floor and sobbed quietly to herself. What a mess she thought. What was she going to do? She couldn't bring herself to kill the baby or give it up for adoption. She heard too many stories about abusive foster homes to do that. She didn't think she could pretend the past never happened also knowing there was a child out there that had part of her inside it. She had no choice she decided but to have the baby. That meant she was going to have to tell people about her past or continue lying.
More questions just kept forming in her head about her decision. How would she ever love this baby? It would be a constant reminder of the hurt Jackson had caused her. All of this was his fault. That stupid bastard ruined her life but she wouldn't let him ruin anymore of it. She would find a way to make this work. She would find a way to make Landon understand.