He asked Mary to shift all my things from my room to his room. I didn't expect him to do so. I didn't know whether I could live with this him in a same room. I didn't know how many girls slept on this bed before. I just wanted to do this for our kid. Our loveless marriage should not affect our kid. I thought about it and agreed to live in a same room. In the night, he held me tightly and slept off. I never knew he would do it.
The next day, I got up and saw the empty room. He was not there. I went to get freshen up and went down. Mary said Eric instructed her to give food on time and what food I had to have it. I was surprised first. But I was curious to know why he was behaving like that. was it just for our kid?? Was he that much affectionate towards our kid? Would he know to love others? I had lot of questions.
I was simply having food and reading some pregnancy related book. But the problem was I didn't understand even a single sentence. So I kept that book aside and started watching some random shit on TV. I got bored sitting in home. Mary was always busy doing something. I didn't know how I was going to be like this.
It was around 5 in the evening. I slept off on the living room couch. I suddenly felt some movement and opened my eyes. Eric carried me and took me to our bedroom and made me lay on the bed. Then he smiled at me. It was his best smile. One would die to see. But I wanted to ask why you wanted to do it. So I asked. "Why are you doing this Eric?" I asked him looking straight into his eyes. "Doing what?" He asked innocently. But I knew that there was no innocent word in my dictionary for him. "Acting weird. You may call it nicely. But it's all weird to me. I feel weird when you smile at me" I blurted. "I am very thankful to you. I wanted to show it in my actions" He said casually. This answer was also weird. "Why?" I asked him curious. "You are gonna give me my only family, My kid. I can mark it as mine in the world of all strangers" He said looking into my eyes. I didn't understand. "You will never know the pain of being alone when the world is filled with millions and millions of people." He blurted out. Just one drop of tear fell from his left eye.
"I will give back everything to you. Whatever I have taken from you. Aspiration and all your properties and I am ready to give everything you want. I want one thing in return" He asked me. "What?" I asked in a full of confusion. "Our kid. Can you give our bunny to me, if you want to leave me and this house? I am ready to release you from this marriage agreement. But I want my kid. I never experienced the feeling of having family. I never had one for me." He whispered this words while his eyes were filled with tears. I felt bad for him. First time I felt bad for Eric. I pulled him and held him tightly. He hugged me back even tighter and started crying like a baby. I never seen this side of Eric. He was vulnerable. He was so emotional. But he never showed it in front of people. It took 3 months for him to open up to me. I simply held him and didn't talk. I just wanted to listen to him. I wanted to understand him and feel his pain. He laid down next to me when I was resting my head on headboard of our bed. He started caressing my belly slowly. I kept one hand on my belly and kept one on his head stroking his hair. "Is it a girl or boy?" He asked softly. I smiled and replied "I didn't check. Whatever it is, it gonna be our baby". "I want a baby girl. But I am fine with a boy also." He told me. I smiled and stroked his hair. He kissed my belly "Baby, can you hear me? He said near to my belly. He was really surprised seeing his behaviors today.