Swoosh

Adena missed the ball once again but she was completely unaware of it.

Panic filled her. Cody was missing.

She had called Candice yesterday and she hadn't seen Cody in months. She called Cody's neighbours but they confirmed that she had left three days ago. Hell, she had even called the magazine where Cody worked and no one had heard from her for over a week.

In the distance she heard her name being called but decided to ignore it and concentrate on the ball.

But it didn't come.

Again her name was called and again she ignored it.

The ball still hadn't come.

She clapped her hands on her ears as she realized that someone was shouting in her ear.

"What?" she asked turning around to face the person.

A very angry personal trainer, Jay, stood next to her. "Have you gone deaf?"

"No, but I might as well be now," Adena mumbled.

Jay ignored her comment. "Adena, you need to concentrate! You haven't hit a single ball all morning! By the way your playing, you'll never get into any upcoming tournaments!"

"I know. I'm sorry. But there's something else that's worrying me right now."

"What? Tell me and maybe I could help. Then we can get back to some serious training."

Adena sighed. "Well, it's my friend Cody. She left Toronto a few days ago to pay me a surprise visit me and was supposed to be here yesterday but she's not here!"

"Wait . . . Cody? Cody Furlong? Squib's wife?" Jay enquired. He'd met Squib before through Adena, but never Cody.

"Yes, Squib's wife. She's missing and I have no idea where she is! Plus, Squib called yesterday and I told him she was here, even though she wasn't! He's going kill me when he finds out that I lied! She could be in danger! She's pregnant! The baby might get hurt. Squib will-" Adena was hysterical by now.

"Adena, you need to calm down. We don't know anything yet so stop with the pointless ranting. I'll help you find her, okay?" Jay said soothingly.

Adena was crying now. She threw her arms around Jay when he said he'd help. "Thank you! You have no Idea how much I appreciate this!"

"Yes, I do. Now come with me so we can start finding Cody. First of all, how does she look like . . . ?

…-.-…

Cody had been in the hospital for two days now. At least that's what the doctors told her.

She was still pretty confused about her life but she knew quite a bit about herself by now.

Her name was Cody Myers. She was over four months pregnant. She lived in an apartment in Montreal with her boyfriend, Nate. She loved photography and writing. And that's about it.

Nate refused to tell her how she got into the accident but she was grateful for that. She really didn't need any horrifying memories in her present delicate condition.

But there was something else that had been bugging her. The doctor said that she was planning on having an abortion. Why and when did she plan this? She was going to ask Nate but didn't in fear of him telling her that he wasn't the father or that she was raped.

She would happily go by believing that the father of her child was with her and that he was a man she knew.

There was a knock on the door and Nate entered. "Hey." he came over and kissed her.

That was another reason Cody believed him. His kiss, he himself, was so familiar. He was definitely someone she knew from before her accident. "Hey."

"I have some good news. The doctor said you could leave today so we're going home," he said, sitting down.

"Home. I like the sound of that."

"Who wouldn't after being stuck in a hospital?" Nate laughed and Cody joined in.

She stopped laughing abruptly as a small gasp escaped her and her hands went down to her protruding stomach.

The baby had kicked.

"What?" Nate asked worriedly.

"Quick! Give me your hand!"

Nate seemed hesitant so she took it and placed it where the baby had kicked. A few seconds later when the baby kicked again, she smiled and looked up expecting to see Nate grinning too, but he was frowning. He withdrew his hand after another moment.

"I think you should change now so we can leave." He left the room abruptly.

Cody was completely bewildered at his behavior.

Why wasn't he happy?

A father was supposed to be happy at this situation so why wasn't he?

Maybe because . . . he's wasn't the father?

She really had to stop thinking like that.

Suddenly, she remembered something - or rather, someone: A man with blond hair and blue eyes. His hands were on her stomach and he was smiling widely. It seemed as though he'd just felt the baby kick.

Just as suddenly, she snapped out of her reverie.

Cody started feeling troubled.

Who was that man and what relation did she have with him?

She was certain she had never been pregnant before so she knew that they had met recently.

And he was acting like a father would have in the situation.

Was it possible that she was cheating on Nate with the other man . . .?

. . . Or maybe she was cheating on the other man with Nate?

…-.-…

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