Chapter: 8 "Brandon doesn't know I'm pregnant," Millie said calmly. "And before the divorce becomes final, don't want to take any risks. It's better if he doesn't know."If either party changed their mind before the divorce was finalized, they could take back the application, and the procedure would no longer go through. And that was when Alexia knew that Millie wasn't playing around about divorcing Brandon. After taking it all in, Alexia did what needed to be done: she booked Millie's medical tests and then advised carefully, "Wait a few days before the surgery."Millie frowned in confusion. "Why?".v."You know your blood typeRh-negative. It's rare. We need time to prepare blood, just in case. I've already contacted the blood bank. They said it might take a week."Millie went quiet. The sadness in her eyes was unmistakable. She had gotten that blood type from her father. And now she missed him all over again. If he were still here..."Okay." Millie nodded slowly. A smile tugged at her lips, but her eyes turned red."You also have early signs of miscarriage. You need to be careful these next few days," Alexia added, her voice full of concern. They'd grown up together, and Alexia knew Millie's sadness too well.ww.. She held Millie's hand. "Wait for me. My shift's almost over. I'll go home with you." Millie nodded, and then went to wait in the hallway. She looked down at her stomach. Early signs of miscarriage..m. Did the baby know what she'd decided and want to leave first? Pursing her lips, Millie walked toward the lab for the tests. Her phone buzzed. It was a bank notification. She had opened a new accountone that Brandon wouldn't know about. She was keeping her money cleanly separate before the divorce was finalized. Every cent she earned from now on would live in that account. A second message followed. "Payment for composition and lyrics has been completed. Finance has sent the transfer. Kindly confirm."w.. Before she married Brandon, Millie had worked quietly as an anonymous songwriter. Music had always been her first love. Back when her father was alive, life had been generous, and she lacked nothing. As the Bennett family's only daughter, she had the freedom and the means to grow her gift. The turns her life had taken had taught her things she hadn't known she needed to learn. Maybe her father never thought that the pastime he once encouraged would one day be the very thing keeping her afloat. Millie paused, and then typed back, "Money received. Thank you."