Chapter 20

Since Olivia had no picture of Dermot, she downloaded one from Facebook and printed it out through her father's printer. She wore a black gown and placed the picture at one corner of her room.

"Dermot" she called slowly and quietly while looking at Dermot's handsome face "How are you?"

Tears wanted to roll down from her eyes, but she kept it in. She wanted to be strong

"You're good? At first, I was mad at you. I thought you left without even saying a bye but now…I don't know" she broke down "If I had knew that that night was going to be our last night together, I would have listened to you, we would have lived in the moment forever. We wouldn't have seen no daylight. But at the time, I didn't understand what you meant.

We made a baby together…" She trailed off, sighed and looked at her stomach "I don't know if it's a boy or a girl. I know you will want me to keep it, but I can't. I'm sorry if I disappoint you but I'm scared and I'm too young to have a baby. I'm a bad person I know but I want you to understand me. I hope you do understand me and find it in your heart to forgive me one day. May your soul rest in perfect peace love. I love you and I will forever love you"

She took the picture and slowly kissed it with tears in her heart.

As she was taking off the black gown, she heard her dad's car in the compound and ran into the bathroom in order to take care of her swollen face "Olivia" Mr. Grimes called the moment he stepped inside the house "Olivia"

"Sir" Olivia said and came out of her room "I want to see you in my study right now" Mr. Grimes said to her and headed to his study Bianca gave Olivia the "What is going on?" Look and Olivia replied by giving her the "I don't know" look When Olivia got to her dad's study door, she knocked once, and her dad said "Come in"

She stepped inside the room and sat on one of the two chairs that were in front of his desk "Your principal called" Mr. Grimes said Olivia's heart somersaulted.

"Your grades are dropping"

She looked down at her hands that were shaking on her thighs "You've been acting strange for weeks" Mr. Grimes continued "and I don't know what is going on with you. What is going on?"

Olivia met her father's eyes, shook her head and said "Nothing"

"Then why are your grades dropping?"

"I don't know"

"It's obvious that something is going on with you. You look sick"

"I'm not" Olivia replied and sighed. She was thinking about the new baby that was in her womb. Someone patted her shoulder abruptly and she looked up to see her father standing in front of her. She had no idea when he got out of his seat.

"Since nothing is wrong with you, I want those grades back to where they belong. You're a Grimes and all Grimes are brilliant expect for Bianca. She has her mother's brain. Don't let me down"

"I won't dad" Olivia said and got out of her seat.

***

On Monday morning, Bianca drove Olivia to a hospital.

"I'm scared" Olivia said to Bianca "I know everything will be okay" Bianca reassured Olivia sighed heavily and headed inside the doctor's office. The doctor prescribed her an abortion pill which she bought at a pharmacy.

"When are you going to take the pill?" Bianca asked on their way home "I think tomorrow morning"

"Okay"

As Olivia got out of Bianca's car, her eyes landed on Dermot’s parents’ house and an idea came into her mind "I'm going over to Dermot's house" she said to Bianca "When?"

"Now"

"Why?" Bianca asked "I want to ask Claire about where Dermot was buried" she whimpered "I will…like…to pay him…a visit. With his baby"

"I don't think…"

Olivia cut Bianca off "I want to do this"

"Okay. I will be inside waiting for you"

Olivia handed her purse to Bianca and headed to Dermot's house. When she got there, she saw some people packing the house.

"Hey" she said to one of them "Em…I'm here to talk to Claire"

"We don't know anything about her. We're just here to move her things out of this house" one of the movers replied "What?" Olivia asked confusedly "Are you serious?"

***

"Why did she have to move out of the house all of a sudden?" Olivia asked. She was sitting on her bed while Bianca was sitting on the only couch that was inside her room "Maybe the house always reminds her of her son."

"My poor Dermot. I wish to know where he is. He might be feeling lonely, don't you think?"

"He won't feel lonely," Bianca said. "He is dead."

The next morning, Bianca's alarm clock woke her up. The time was around quarter past seven. She turned off her alarm and headed to Olivia's room.

"Livia," she called and entered her room.

Olivia was already seated on the bed when Bianca entered. She looked at Bianca worriedly before she picked up the drug.

"Don't hesitate. It's for the best," Bianca said.

Olivia sighed heavily and said, "Dermot, I'm sorry" before she took the drug.

Bianca laid next to her on the bed and they both fell asleep few minutes later.

A few hours later, Olivia woke up in pains and started tossing and turning in the bed. She was trying very hard not to wake Bianca up, but when she couldn't take it anymore, she woke Bianca up.

"What is wrong with you?" Bianca asked worriedly.

"I don't know," Olivia cried out.

Within minutes, everything turned ugly. There was blood everywhere and Olivia was losing it.

Out of desperation, Bianca ran out of the room to their parent’s and knocked on their door.

"What is it Bianca?" Mr. Grimes asked.

"It's Olivia. She needs our help," Bianca said urgently.

Olivia was rushed to the hospital where her parents found out about the pregnancy.

"Who is the father?" Mr. Grimes asked when they got back home a few days later.

"I don't know."

"This is going to be my tenth and final time. Who is the father of that bastard?"

"I don't know" Olivia replied for the tenth time Mr. Grimes angrily got out of his seat and rushed to where Olivia was seated. He raised up his hand and was about to hit Olivia in the face when his wife's voice stopped him.

"Don't" his wife said "She is pregnant, and she is just out of the hospital for an attempted abortion. Send her out of the house like you have planned"

Olivia gasped "Mom" Bianca said worriedly "She can't live under the same roof with me" Mrs. Grimes said with anger "Mom please" Olivia plead with tears in her eyes "It's final" Mr. Grimes said "I want you out of my house in an hour time"

"You can't do that" Bianca said "My house, my say, my rules. I don't ever want to see you again. You're a disgrace to my family name" Mr. Grimes said and angrily walked away with his wife behind him Olivia started packing her things while Bianca watched with her hands folded "And where do you think that you're going?" Bianca asked "Anywhere"

"Let me talk to Dad. He's just angry" Bianca said and started heading out of Olivia's room "Don't" Olivia said, and Bianca's stopped on her track "You can't stop me" Bianca said and walked out of Olivia's room Bianca tried to persuade her dad, but his mind was made up.

Mr. and Mrs. Grimes were waiting for Olivia in the sitting room when it was time for her to leave. Olivia slowly dragged her bag out of her room to the sitting room where her parents and Bianca were waiting for her.

"We don't ever want to see you again" Mrs. Grimes said Olivia felt like crying but she held it in. She turned around and looked at her parents in the eyes "It was nice knowing you all. And I'm sorry for the pain that I've caused you. You will never see me again. Bianca, thanks for everything. I will always be grateful" and with that being said, she walked out of the house Few minutes later, Bianca looked at her parents and said, "Are you really going to leave her out there?"

"She is no longer part of our family" Mrs. Grimes replied Bianca got up and looked at them "She is my younger sister. My only sister and she will always be my sister. You can have the whole rooms to yourself"

She ran to her room and dragged out her bag that she had packed in a hurry.

"Bianca," her mother called.

"Don't worry, you will never see us again," Bianca said to her mother and walked out of the house.