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CHAPTER 7:

TRIS POV:

Five months without any news of him. None. I know I should be worried about him, I should be scared but I am not. No, I am so angry with him. I am beyond furious. Does he know how much it hurts to hear Olaya crying every night? She tires herself every single day, wanting her daddy. I don't know how much longer I can take it. I try to be strong for her and I will. Even if it means I have to let Tobias go. To let him have his life without us so he can go wherever he wants without us as a burden.

If only he could write a little letter or something, it would be fine. Marlene has a lot of letters from Uriah.

"Tris! Hey! Are you listenning?"

I look back at Christina who is waving her hand in front of me.

"Yeah, I am. Sorry!"

"It's okay. We know you miss him but he will be home in five months."

"Yeah but I was thinking..."

"About?"

"Maybe we should divorce. I mean, he always do what he wants without us knowing and I am tired of this. I can't stand it anymore."

"Tris, do you love him?"

"I don't know anymore."

Marlene takes me in her arms while Christina takes my hand.

"Would you be happy if he was home right now?"

"Yes...No...Both?" I answer.

"Explain."

"I would be so happy because I do miss him but I am afraid that if he comes back, he'll leave again. And I couldn't stand another betrayal. You don't know how I feel when I hear her crying every night."

Marlene holds me as I break down but then Shauna arrives with her little girl. She sees me crying and sits.

"Stop thinking of him. Or you'll explode. Come on, I want some gossips." Shauna friendly says.

I smile at him and the girls nod.

"I think I have something to tell you." Christina says smiling. "I am pregnant".

I am the first to react and I hug her tightly.

"Congratulations"

Marlene hugs her too but not Shauna who is still holding the baby.

"How far along are you?"

"Two months"

"What!" I scream.

She looks at me with wide-eyes.

"You waited two months to tell me?"

She laughs with the others and I join them. It's so good to laugh with them again. I feel like my heart is lighter.

"We wanted to be sure of it. You are the first to know, even my parents don't"

I take her in my arms again.

"I am so happy for you. You'll see how great it is to stay up all night while the little one is crying." I joke and she smiles.

"I know, did you forget Olaya spent the night at my apartment when she was still a little baby?"

"Of course not, and if you need my help with the baby you can ask me. It goes for you too Shauna."

They both thank me and then the door bursts open and Zeke is yelling.

"Shauna, I have news about him. He is... Hey!" He freezes when he sees us. "I didn't know all the girls were here"

"What were you saying?" She asks.

"Oh nothing. It's about my cousin. Remember, he fell down the stairs. I'll tell you tonight."

I narrow my eyes at him because I know he only two cousins and they are both girls. What is he hiding?

Zeke leaves as soon as can. Then Shauna gets up and gives me the baby.

"Can you hold her while I talk to Zeke?"

I take the baby and rocks her slowly. When Shauna steps out the door, I give Marlene the baby and leave too. I get out slowly without any sounds and hear them in the kitchen. I hide behind the wall, listenning.

"Where is he?"

"The doctor called and said he arrived one hour ago. He is in a really bad shape. I am scared Shauna, he is my brother."

My heart sinks at that. Poor Zeke...and poor Marlene.

"What happened?"

"A bomb. A lot of soldiers died but not them. But he is the worst. He is in the hospital right know, probably in surgery."

"But he will survive, right?"

"I don't know."

I hear a faint noise, something like a sob. I blink the tears away, Uriah is like a brother to me too.

"She can't know. Not until he is better." Zeke says.

"But if...if he dies?"

"Then we'll tell her."

"But she deserves to know if he is dying."

"She can't see him if he is healing and I don't want to worry her."

They don't speak for a while so I think Zeke is holding her. I walk back to the room where the girls are and I see them laughing with the baby. They stop when they see me.

"Are you alright?" Marlene asks me and I nod.

If they decided not to tell her, I won't neither. I watch Mayane in Christina's arms and sit with them.

"Don't tell Shauna I followed her, please."

They agree but still ask why.

"I just don't want her to know."

The door opens again but this time, it's Olaya and Matt. Olaya runs to me and sits on my lap.

"Mommy, can I play with Tom? And with Matt too?"

"Of course, I can call his parents later. Are you okay with that, Marlene?"

"Yes, but who is Tom?"

"He is the little boy she met last month at the fair."

She smiles as she remembers then moment when I told her. As the other girls, she was really happy she made a friend.

"Okay, I don't mind."

Olaya squeals and Matt laughs. They stay with us as we talk about Christina's baby. I braid Olaya's hair while she is looking at her necklace and at the picture of Tobias. I must admit it's a relief that Tobias is alright. I prefer to wait 5 more months to see him than knowing he is dying. I don't know what I would do if he was at Uriah's place. How could I say that to Olaya? Fortunately, I don't have to solve this problem.

She stares at the picture a long time and when she closes it, she kisses it like she always does. Once again, the door opens and this time Shauna enters. She takes her little girl and sits with us. She doesn't stop starring at Olaya. Maybe she doesn't want to look at Marlene, and I totally understand because I can't.

I take out my phone to text Kate. She answers a few minutes later, saying it's okay for tomorrow and that she is bringing Tom.

"Olaya." I whisper in her ear and she turns around. "Tom is coming tomorrow afternoon. Go tell Matt and ask Aunt Mar."

She litteraly leaps out of my lap and goes to Matt and Marlene. She speaks so fast that it's impossible to ear and understand what she says.

"Slowly, sweetheart" I say.

She speaks again and explains slowly. Matt begins to smile then he smiles at her mother who nods. They run off and out the room, laughing. Sometimes I don't understand what goes through her little head.

Zeke joins us with a smile.

"Could you please say to your little hurricanes to slow down? One of them will hurt himself."

"Look at you! Worrying for the kids, daddy Zeke. Don't worry about Olaya, she is as tough as her father.

"Of course she is." He mumbles.

"Do you have news about him?" I ask and Zeke looks up.

"No...why would I?"

"I don't know, it's just I didn't hear of him so I thought he maybe talked to you."

"He didn't talk to me, Tris."

"Do you have something to drink?" Marlene asks, trying to speak of something else.

"Yeah, in the fridge. Pick what you want." He says to her kindly.

She gets up and as she closes the door. I turn to Zeke.

"I get that you don't want to tell her, but now that she is gone. What happened?"

"What are you talking about?"

"I heard you earlier when you talked about Uriah. You said he is in a really bad shape. How bad is it?"

"I-I don't think we should talk about this." He says.

"Why not? We all care for Uriah and Marlene isn't here so talk"

"Tris...please" Shauna begs.

I look at them and frown.

"Why are you hiding it from us? We have every right to know." I say and Christina nods, worried as well.

"Tris, I am not going to tell you." Zeke says firmly but I glare at him.

"Why not? Because he is your brother and we are only friends?"

"No, because Uriah is perfectly fine." He yells.

"What? Why did you say he is injured?" I yell back.

"I never said he was. But Tobias is!"

And now, the story begins ! ;)