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She was still shaking, but the tears had stopped. She wasn’t looking at Darren anymore. Darren had more questions. “Lea, is the baby okay?” he asked softly. 

Lea turned to him with wide eyes. He was asking about the baby. Not Blake’s baby, Darren’s baby. Could she tell him now? She could speak it aloud directly to him. What had Darren asked? Was it okay? She hadn’t even gone to an appointment with the OB doctor yet. “I don’t know, and there hasn’t been any bleeding.” 

“When do you see a doctor?” Darren looked again, down towards her belly. He wanted to touch her belly to see if he could feel anything. But he was still afraid to touch her too much and needed to ask her if she would leave with him. 

She swallowed, closing her eyes, trying to remember. “I have an appointment this Thursday.” Her eyes popped open. 

“Does Blake know the place and time?” Darren inquired. 

She shook her head. “I told him once, but not the day, time, and address.” Lea explained.

“Does he hit you?” Darren asked; he looked towards the ceiling. He was sure he had heard a creak in the floorboards time was short. He looked back towards Lea. 

Her eyes were wide and pained again. “Blake only hit me twice.” She said inaudibly.

Darren resisted the urge to jump up and run upstairs and knock his brother out. But he wasn’t sure. Did Blake have a gun? He had never asked him. Darren couldn’t help Lea if he were shot to death by his brother. In that case, Lea would never escape.

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