Katherine broke the silence as they were sitting together on the cushion; "I'm pregnant." She said.
James rocked back on his heels and adjusted his sitting position. "Oh Jesus. This can't be." He exclaimed.
"I just found out today. It's three weeks now." Katherine further said.
"Katherine..!" James said but didn't know what else to say. He was scared out of his wit.
Katherine continued; "do you remember when I told you that I had missed my period?"
"Katherine!" He was sounding like a broken record. "Are you… Sure?" James finally was able to force out a sentence.
Katherine spoke up; "I'm going to keep it."
"What!? You can't be serious, Katherine." James queried
"Yes, I am, James and you're the father. So, don't try to run away." Katherine responded
"No, you have to evacuate it." James said with a frowned countenance. "If my wife finds out about this, I'm ruined. She will leave me and I don't want to lose my family. It was a mistake and it shouldn't have happened." James expressed his fear.
Katherine reacted, "We both were drunk and caught up at the moment and you didn't use condom like I told you three months ago."
"Just give me some time to think and process this. I'd better be getting back. My wife must not wake up and find me not in bed or at home. She might suspect." James said as he stood up to leave. "I will call you."
"You better call," said Katherine. "I don't want to have to call your wife." Katherine threatened.
James turned and looked back confused. Then, he opened the door and out he went to where he packed his vehicle and zoomed off into the dead of the night.
(Amanda leans against the wall of the cubicle, listening in enraged disbelief of what she witnessed. "So, I have been married to a cheat and living with him for years and never doubted or suspected him", she ponders with tears rolling down her cheek in utmost disappointment.)
Amanda still remains deep in thought when she sees Katherine having a conversation with James on the phone and she seemed to be crying and saying; "It was a mistake, we never should have done it. Let's end it here. I want to start afresh and I'm feeling guilty so I want you to tell your wife about us and our baby. We can't keep it from anyone anymore. I quit my job; I left my friends for this reason, James. I don't want to leave in secret any longer. She dropped the call.
It appears like another day as Amanda views the scenes. The door bell rang. Katherine went to open the door and James came in drenched by the rain.
''You are sodden! Wait here. Let me get you a dry warm cloth." Katherine left and few minutes later, she came back down stairs with a warm clothe and made him coffee.
There was silence for few seconds but James broke the silence and asked; "Have you made a decision?"
"What decision?" Katherine asked with a confused facial expression.
"That you are going to get rid of the pregnancy." James buttressed
She rearranged herself in the couch and asked; "Do you know what you are asking me to do?"
"Yes, I do. I'm asking you to terminate it." James said. "If you want us to continue what we have together, that thing has to go."
"I can't James, I'm going to keep it." Katherine exclaimed.
"You can't be serious Katherine, this can't be right." said James.
"What isn't right, the baby or our secret affair?" Katherine asked.
"Both, Katherine, both;" answered James feeling guilty.
"You could have stopped yourself James, you enjoyed it so much and got this - now you want to pull away. Screw you James! Screw you! I'm having this baby and if you're not gonna support me, then get out of my house and out of my life." Katherine shouted.
James looked at her, stood up and moved towards the door to exit, his head held low, looking back at Katherine who faced away until he left.
("Could it be that my husband has something to do with her disappearance to cover up his secrecy?" Amanda says in her mind.)