So here I am sitting in work on a Friday afternoon. The sun is shining in through the windows and yet its freezing inside my work building, I have the heater under my desk on full and am attempting to keep warm, as well as hide what I am typing from my work colleagues. All of whom would do everything in their power to read this if they knew that I was a writer, which for me would be an absolute nightmare.

Anyway we shall press on.
As it took me so long to update before that I thought you deserved another instalment sooner rather than later.

As always enjoy :)

Chapter 24

Biting the bullet

Hanna had hated telling Caleb, but now the time had come to tell Mark and he had no idea what was coming. Which made her feel worse about the whole situation, because not only did she have to explain to him that she was pregnant with a baby that may or may not be his, she would then have to explain that she had been having an affair with Caleb and finally that she was leaving him to be with Caleb again.

Mark would be leaving for a conference in Vancouver early Saturday morning and would not return until the following Friday, which would give her enough time to gather her things and be out of his way before he returned. Which was why she had decided to tell him before he left, although the whole idea sounded much easier in her head than it actually was, because as much as she didn't want to admit it to him she could not go on pretending, both for her sake and his, as well as Harry's.

Just because Hanna had made her final decision did not mean it was any easier when she sat Mark down the following day, and for some time the two of them sat in silence. Hanna looked down at her hands in her lap and Mark attempted to look into her eyes and read what it was she was going to say.

"It's about Caleb isn't it?" Mark asked her breaking the silence, Hanna looked up at him shocked, her lips trying to form the question 'how did you know?' But her month was dry and her mind had gone blank.
"I've seen the way you look at him Hanna," Mark exclaimed,
"You haven't been happy for some time and yet when you're with him…" Mark didn't need to go on, he was describing exactly how Hanna felt and he knew it.

Silence followed as Hanna gathered her thoughts,
"It's more complicated than that," she replied,
"I'm pregnant, but the baby… it could be… I'm sorry," she whispered, but Mark slipped his arm around her and comforted her like he always had when she had needed him,
"Hanna, I only want what's best for you, and if being with Caleb again is what you want I won't stop you," he told her,
"And as for this baby, I'm thankful for it. Because if it is mine then I still have a part of you and because of that little bundle of joy will mean I'll still be able to see you," Mark smiled nudging her arm playfully, and Hanna returned his smile and even laughed.

"That way if Caleb ever messes up, I'll be there. Waiting in the wings."