Chapter 74 What Did You Do (1/2)
While she was in the car, Cherry thought for a while, and then said, ”Stephen, could you please do me a favor?”
He was confused, and thought to himself, 'What could she want from me?'
”What?” asked Stephen.
”Keep my pregnancy a secret, ” said Cherry, ”Don't tell the others, not even Jackson.”
Stephen was very surprised, and as he looked at Cherry and kept driving, his face stiffened. He asked, ”Why do you want to hide this from him? Do you...”
But before he had the chance to finish his words, he was stopped by Cherry.
”Stephen, please don't ask me why. If you take me as your friend, then I hope that you will help me hide this from him. I don't want a third person, or any other person, to know that I'm with child, ” said Cherry firmly.
Stephen, after a short silence, replied, ”I get it.”
Stephen didn't think too much of it, because as long as Cherry wanted to do something, he knew that she certainly had some kind of plan. If she didn't want to say it to him, then he wouldn't insist on it. He never wanted to force her to do anything; instead, he wanted to dote upon on her and do exactly as she wished him to.
Cherry forced a smile. She said, ”Thank you.”
Stephen didn't care about her thanks, and instead asked, ”Cherry, do you want to have an abortion?”
When he mentioned this, Cherry turned her head and looked out the window. Complex thoughts then arose in her mind, and she said, ”I haven't decided on it yet.”
”But it's a baby, it still a life...” Stephen didn't have the heart to let Cherry get an abortion, and even if she did have one, she had no idea of how painful it would be.
Cherry stopped him, and said, ”Stephen, could you please leave me alone?” The last thing that she wanted to do was to discuss about this child. A baby was indeed a gift from the heavens, but she was not ready to accept it quite yet. She found herself suddenly pregnant, and wondered what should she do? What the hell should she do next?
Stephen looked at Cherry, obeyed her wish and stopped talking.