Chapter 15 Peter had made the mistake of sipping his wine at that moment and was choking on it a little. " You died?" "Yeah. I decided to drive from New York to LA when I left. I got as far as Nebraska when I needed some money, so I worked in a diner for a few weeks to raise some cash. I got a message from Theon saying he knew where I was and he wanted to talk so I gave him the address of my job and then the next day in walks Lilian and two men I didn't know. When she saw I was pregnant and doing well she was fuming. She got her thugs to hold me down and force me to drink a potion." Naomi was starting to sound angry as she told the story to Peter "Normally I'd have been able to fight back but the rejection, the guards, the emotional toll of it all plus lack of proper rest and food was doing a number on me so she pinned me down and force fed me that shit." She closed her eyes as if trying to stop the memories coming. "Then they left me there in pain, on the floor, burning from the inside out and screaming. I woke up 2 days later in hospital and they said that Alex had saved my life. He had absorbed most of the toxin and then flushed it from my system but he was bearing a lot of the strain now. They weren't sure he was going to make it to birth" "Shit Nai, I am so sorry" Peter reached out and took her hand "You didn't deserve any of this. Well, no one does but this is so awful. How is alex now?" Naomi looked sad and a little lost "He's not good Pete." She said "He has a condition that affects his heart and lungs caused by the poison damage but the drs don't know how to fix it they only know how to deal with it when it gets back. He is such a brave and strong little boy. He is in and out of hospital for tests and stays and seeing drs and he just takes it all and sits there with his teddy in his little hands and tells me to smile." With this last word Naomi let out a little sob and started crying. She never cried for herself and Alex. She always felt like if she did she would never stop but Peter leaned forward and put his arms around her and she found herself unable to stop. "Thankfully the moon goddess delivered me to Lottie and she saved us." Naomi said once she had calmed down a little "I couldn't understand why the goddess had left us and let all this happen when we were her family and she had said we would do great things. But then when I left hospital the goddess came to me and said her sister Destiny is playing evil tricks for her own gain and stopping fate from working in our lives." "Wow." Said Peter "Not one for living the simple life are you Nai. So what happens now? What's your plan?" Chapter 15 +15 Bonus "My entire focus is on Alex and doing whatever I can to make him better and my job. Will you keep my secret Pete?" Naomi asked earnestly "Of course." Said Peter, "You couldn't even torture it out of me. Cross my heart" "Good" said Naomi raising from her chair "dinners ready" Comments Support Share Chapter 10 +15 Bonus