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Hearing that there was another secret that Neal was keeping from me, I felt a little down because I had thought we’d made an understanding earlier that he wasn’t going to do that. Deciding not to make a fuss anymore because I didn’t want to argue with them, I put that matter aside.
Allegra, though, narrowed her gaze at him with a frown upon her face as she laid her menu on the table. “What are you talking about?”
“You and I going in and acting as we did to save Becca has put us on the radar of the American government. Theyare now aware of who we really are. Who our family is and the ties that our family had, and because of that, they will allow us to continue traveling in and out of the States and keep businesses there, of course, for the money. But as far as a primary residence, they would prefer that most of our stay be outside of the country.”
The other two women’s shock mirrored mine. Allegra’s and Sarah’s faces paled as the three of us looked to Neal in complete confusion. “What the f*ck are you talking about?” Allegra snapped.
“Yeah, Neal, what are you talking about? How in the world did they find any of that out?” I asked.
Our questions seemed to make him hesitant to reply. But as he picked up a glass of water, taking a sip, he nodded silently and proceeded to explain himself. “I meant exactly what I said. It looks like we have to move anyway.”
“Neal, that can’t be possible. My entire professional life has been in Miami. Yeah, I travel out of the country for shows and stuff like that, but everything I have is in Miami. How can they expect someone like me just to pick up and move?” Allegra was furious, and I could understand her reasoning. She had built herself up very well in Miami, and now her life there was over.
“This is all my fault. I should have never allowed you guys to get involved,” I whispered, feeling extremely guilty that them saving me had caused them to lose their place within a country they had made a new life in.
“Becca. No, that’s not what I meant. Please.” Allegra quickly backtracked, not wanting me to feel guilty about this current situation we were in.
“No, you guys, you saved me. You saved my baby–” Looking down at my stomach, I rubbed circles over it in mid-conversation, thinking about everything that they had done for me. “You would never have had to give up anything or had come out of the closet about who you were if it wasn’t for me.”
Taking my hand quickly, he placed his lips against my fingers as he shook his head no. “I would do it all over again in a heartbeat, Becca. I wouldn’t change a thing.”
I wasn’t sure if I believed him, but now, hearing that he would have had to leave anyway, I realized my idea of moving to New Zealand was for the best. Even if Allegra didn’t come with us, at least moving to a country like this would keep us safe.
Or that was the hope anyway.
“It’s done then. We are moving here.” I sighed with a small twitch of a smile before turning my gaze to Allegra. “You don’t have to come here if you don’t want, and I’m sorry about… everything.”
I couldn’t believe that the idea had been finalized. To think that I merely came here on vacation, and within a week, I had decided that I was going to move to this place and raise my family here.
Allegra sighed heavily as she laid her menu on the table. “Fine, but we’d better get someplace with a lot of privacy.”
Clapping my hands together with excitement, I smiled excitedly. “I actually found a place that I’m in love with.”
“You did?” Neal asked, turning his gaze towards me. “When?”
Shrugging my shoulders, I smirked at Neal, refusing to give him the information he was seeking. “You will see… eventually.”
“I’m sorry to interrupt..” Sara said with a meek smile. “Does this mean we will be packing everything else from the mansion to move here then?”
Silence filled the table, and as Allegra and Neal looked to me for an answer, I knew I had to say something. I had to address the giant elephant in the room, and Sara’s question was honestly valid.
I couldn’t put off the inevitable, and I knew that.
“As soon as we return, we will work on packing the house. Some things we will be taking with us, but other things we will leave.” Looking at Neal, I sighed. “Contact Ronaldo and see if he would still like to purchase the home.”
Nodding his head, Neal pulled out his phone and sent a text. “I will let him know, Becca.”
“I’m so sorry, miss. I didn’t mean to upset you,” Sara whispered, casting her eyes towards her hands that rested upon the table. She was definitely odd, and I had never met a woman who acted the way she did.
“It’s fine, Sara. This is something that must be done.”
As soon as the words left my lips, the waiter approached the table, and the tension quickly dissipated. I was left wondering, though, as I gazed at Sara’s quick change in demeanor, if there was something more about her that I was missing.
Perhaps Neal wasn’t wrong in wanting to check on her background.
For all I knew, she was good at putting on a show and maybe had been able to have one passed over James’ eyes without him even knowing.
If that was the case, I wanted to know so that I could handle it quickly. I couldn’t allow myself to be blindsided by something that could be potentially dangerous to my family.
~Four months later~
Becca.
“I can’t do this,” I panted as the pain of contractions ran through me. “Goddamn it, Neal! Drive faster!”
There was nothing like being woken up at three in the morning by a soaked bed only to realize that your water had broken. At first, the pain was nothing more than slightly uncomfortable and feeling extra heavy below, but as time gradually went on, the pain began to spread.
“I’m going as fast as I can, Becca.”
“It’s f*cking not fast enough!” I screamed out as a cry of pain radiated through me.
“Becca, in and out. In and out,” Allegra said, soothingly, as she placed a cold cloth against my head.
I did as she said and continued the breathing exercises that the native island woman had told me to do in my classes, but it didn’t matter how much breathing I did, the pain was horrible.
F*ck having a natural birth… all I wanted was the damn pain medication the doctors had promised me. One prick of a needle, and all my pain would be over. The problem was that the place where I got the needle of happiness happened to be forty-five minutes away.
My fault honestly. I had picked the most secluded of homes in New Zealand as our forever home, and it wasn’t anywhere near a hospital… unless I drove forty-five minutes away. “Women who do this naturally are f*cking insane!” I cried with tears rolling down my face.
“It’s okay,” Allegra laughed. “I can see the hospital in the distance. We’re almost there.”
Nodding my head, I held on. I held on for the life that was about to be brought into this world, and also for the love I had to give. So much had changed in four months, and to think I was about to bring the final step of my life into the world was incredible.
I was scared, and more than anything, I wished that James was here to see this, but I had hope he was here in spirit. That he was looking down upon us with open arms and loving eyes watching as I brought his child into the world.
As soon as Neal pulled the car into the emergency driveway, he put it in park, and jumped out, running inside as Allegra tried to help me out of the car. I could hear Neal yelling for someone to help which both Allegra and I found amusing.
“Bless him for acting the way he is.” Allegra chuckled as two nurses came running out to us with a wheelchair in tow.
“I know you would think that he hadn’t been prepared for any of this. He read enough books for the entire household,” I replied as one of the nurses gestured for me to take a seat in the wheelchair.
“How far apart are your contractions, dear?”
Allegra stepped forth with a notebook and shoved it into the woman’s hands. “Two minutes apart, and growing closer. She has been in active labor for an hour now.”
“An hour?” the woman said with wide eyes as if shocked by what Allegra was saying.
“Yes, an hour. I know how to keep track. I went to all the classes with her.” Shrugging her shoulders Allegra rolled her eyes as if irritated the woman would even question her.
I wasn’t sure why the woman found that weird, but when she looked at the other nurse she turned her gaze back to me. “Is this your first child?”
“Yes, what does that have to do with anything?” I pushed out as my panting started again going through another contraction. “Can we get the medicine now?!”
They didn’t bother to keep talking as they quickly rushed me into the hospital and up to the maternity ward. My panicked state was made widely known. Especially when I got into the labor room, and they informed me I was almost ready to push… and not allowed an epidural.