"STEPPING OUT OF PARADISE" by Kitty Yacomeni
© 2002 by Kitty Yacomeni emmawright480@hotmail.com http://www.oocities.org/personal_war/home.html
STORY LAST UPDATED ON 22/01/2003
This story contains characters created by V.C. Andrews.
Stepping Out of Paradise Prologue Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Epilogue
CHAPTER SEVEN: HAPPY ENDINGS
The first few weeks of married life were wonderful. Cleave didn't go on all of the cruises, but instead began to work from the office in our home so that we could be together more. The house was large and spacious, and not much smaller than my parents' home. Cleave's liner business was certainly doing well. Each day he came in bearing me presents. Although I knew he was spoiling me, I let him, for I had never felt so loved in my whole life. The house was very masculine, and I had set about making it prettier, ready for the baby girl I knew I would be having. How did I know it was a girl? I suppose I just had a deep feeling inside me, telling me that I would make everything all right. My baby would be a gorgeous girl, and I would love her, and make sure that she didn't make all the mistakes that I made.
I didn't hide my morning sickness from Cleave. He was so kind, I just knew he would understand, and not be scared by the fact that I had become pregnant so early into our marriage. When he finally realised what was going on, he was actually delighted. He was going to be a daddy. The perfect father, totally opposite from my own.
Soon enough, I began to show. I lost the figure I had treasured, and had a big, ungainly bump. Yet still I didn't complain. I could easily get back into shape after my baby came. At first I thought that the baby had ruined my life. Then I began to see it a different way. It had rescued me. I had finally got away from Father and Momma, become my own person. And most importantly of all, found Cleave.
Something still troubled me, though.
What if my intuition was incorrect, and I gave birth to a son? He wouldn't look like Cleave. People would suspect… the truth would come out…
Crazy thoughts such as this swam through my head all through my pregnancy. Finally, I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. We named her Leigh, after Cleave's mother. I was determined not to let anything about my daughter remind me of my past indiscretions. Cleave adored our little Leigh, right from the moment he set eyes on her. Indeed, I thought of her as Cleave's daughter as well, not just my own. She looked very much like myself, which pleased me.
Life seemed to be working out. The magic was still in my marriage, we finally had a daughter and our family was intact.
I hoped that nothing would ever happen to spoil it.
Stepping Out of Paradise Prologue Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Epilogue