Grandma Cooper's Mistake.

"Then, do you think you still want to keep communicating with your acquaintances from over there?"

Again, Shikera gave a negative reply. Keeping contacts with Cyprian or any of her friends over there would lead to Ethan and Liam knowing, and she knew then that they would find her.

"That's all. If you don't want to stay connected with your husband or any of your friends over there, then you are very welcome to stay here and do whatever you want. But it will be more healthy for you to forget about them now that you already have a baby."

Shikera heard jerked up at the last question, as if just realizing that she was having a baby.

"You are now a prospective mother, Kera, and all your thoughts should be on things that would benefit your baby. Bad thoughts, starving yourself, crying yourself to sleep, and staying cheerless would only harm your baby. You do want this baby, right?"

"I do."