6. Kayo – Belly
She managed to keep her six pack until she was six months gone. After that, a there had been a Tracy intervention and she had been forced to start taking it easy.
Kayo poked at her swelling belly and sighed. It wasn't that she was unhappy with the little human being flourishing inside her – all thanks to him. Though, of course, she knew that wasn't strictly true. It takes two to tango and all that. No, she wasn't unhappy. She just didn't like the feeling of losing control over her own body.
Tanusha Kyrano had always been the one who was in control. What choice had she had as a child? Her parents were dead. She had been taken away by her uncle – whose intentions were far from pure. She'd had to break away, to escape and make her own way. She had taken the helm of her life, started to steer her own destiny.
It had been her choice to be taken in by the Tracys. At first, they were all smiling good Samaritans, and Kayo had decided to take all she could. It would have been easy to turn her back on them, to take and then flee. But as she got to know them, she decided to stay. She was in control.
And now, it was her child that was in control of her body. Her child was dictating her wants, her desires, her emotions, her movements – and whether she slept or not. She knew it was all for the greater good. They would be so happy when the little boy or girl arrived. But for now, Kayo had to surrender her control. She had to bow to the will of her unborn child.
And, deep down, she didn't mind at all.