Chapter 8

The next day, Amy woke up, startled. She had hardly any sleep that night and she had a feeling that was going to happen for quite a while. She had been worrying about Ty and every time she closed her eyes, she saw the bullet and it hit Ty. She rolled over and looked at her clock. 1 hour early. She sighed and got up. She had missed the warmth of Ty's arms around her too. She grabbed a pair of pale blue jeans and a blue top and a jumper and went to the bathroom. She took a quick shower and got dressed.

She crept downstairs and was glad to see no one else was up. She grabbed her boots and pulled them on.

Then she walked down to the barn. She fed all the horses and cleared out the stalls. Then walked back up to the house.

She grabbed a bit of breakfast and went to grab her phone.

As she walked past the phone she noticed a piece of paper. She looked at it and realised it had her scan appointment on it. She looked and realised the appointment was in 2 hours. She heard her alarm go off and ran upstairs to turn it off. She grabbed her phone and walked back downstairs. She decided to go on a trail ride.

"And where do you think your going?" she heard a voice behind her. She turned and saw Jack.

"I was going to go on a trail ride. I didn't get much sleep last night so I need to go and relax a bit. I still have 2 hours before my scan anyway."

"OK. Make sure your back in time though."
"I will." she walked outside and decided to ride Spartan. She tacked him up and saw Soraya.

"I was thinking I'd head home." she said. Amy nodded and hugged her. "Tell me if you need anything." she said.

"Thanks, Soraya." Amy said. She watched Soraya walk away and swung herself onto Spartan's saddle. She looked down and smiled softly. It was the tack that Ty had bought her for her birthday a few months ago. She started towards the trails. An hour later, she got back. She quickly untacked Spartan and ran inside. She saw Jack and smiled at him.

"I'm going for my scan now. Could you come because Ty can't?" she asked him.

"Sure honey. Lets go." he said. He scribbled a note for Lou, who was out with Peter, to say where they were and then they left.

They got called in straight away so they didn't have to wait long.

1 hour later, they came out and started walking slowly towards the lift. It turned out the baby was 4 months and the due date was the 17th of January.

When they got to the floor Ty was on the got off the lift and walked towards the room. Amy looked through the little window in the door and gasped.

"What?" Jack asked, as Amy turned to face him.

"Kit." she answered, as Jack gasped. "I think I'm going to wait for her to finish." Amy said and went to find a seat in the waiting room. Jack stared after her and then looked back at the door and then back at Amy, who had found a chair, sat down, put her elbows on her knees and had buried her face in her hands. He quickly called a cab for himself and then walked over to Amy.

"I'm going to head home, OK?" Jack said.

"How will I get home?" she asked, looking up at him.

"I've called a cab for myself so you can drive the truck home." Jack answered, seeing the tears in Amy's eyes.

"OK. I don't know how long I will be. I don't know how long she will be, I mean." Amy said, biting her lip, trying to stop herself from crying. She didn't want to say her name so she'd just stick to saying 'her'.

"Take your time, honey." Jack said and started walking away.

When he was gone, Amy buried her head in her hands again and let a few tears stream down her face.

Why was she here? She had been half the reason Ty had been shot, hadn't she? What was she doing?

Why was she here?