Selena goes to the garden and stays at the gazebo. She cannot bear to see Magnus in the bedroom. All she thinks to do is to yell at him. She is feeling anger is filling her body. "I am so stupid, pathetic, gullible, and naive.". She laughs at herself recalling the times she stops herself not to let her guard down. "I should have listened to my other part of me.". Selena stares at the corner of the garden. Her mind could only think about Magnus.
"I never hate him more than now. Why did I believe that jerk?". Selena begins to cry. Her eyes are filled with tears that slowly flowing down. She recalls the day Magnus said 'I love you' to her. "It felt so real. I can see it through his eyes that loves me. But what I did not know is that he is the kind of man who will hide the truth and that includes his expression and his eyes.". She laughs slightly. "Well, I got to know your father more, baby.". She looks at her stomach and caresses it. She keeps caressing it while looking blankly.
For an hour, Selena did not leave where she is. She is now swinging while feeling the cold breeze. "I am glad I put on a jacket or else, it will be two of us who are going to be cold.". She sighs and takes out the bottle of wine on her back. She stares at it and at her stomach. "Will you be okay if I drink this? It is not that alcoholic.". After a moment of silence, Selena starts opening the bottle. "It will be just this once. Okay, baby? Mommy just want to drink to express.".
Selena keeps swinging, staring at nothing, and drinking a bottle of wine. She would look up to the sky and then drinks again. "Oh my. This is a good wine. It tastes like grape juice.". She looks down and stares at the half-empty bottle. She starts crying again. Selena hugs the bottle and cries. She cannot control her voice so her sobs are heard. The garden is filled with crying. After crying a lot, she wipes her eyes and sighs deeply. She drinks again.
A strong wind passes the garden. It made Selena hug herself, "Whoa. It is so cold but nice." She then lays on the swing chair and stargazers. She sighs again and is about to drink wine when she realizes it is already empty. She stands up and throws the bottle. It hit the rock pavement and made a shattering noise. Selena is not bothered by the mess she made. "I should get another one.", she mutters to herself. She walks out of the garden and back into the mansion. She goes to the kitchen and looks at the cabinet where she got her first bottle. It took her minutes to find another bottle of what she had just drunk. "Aha! I finally found you.". Selena covers her immediately, realizing she had just shouted. She goes out of the kitchen and off her way to the garden.
Upon arriving, she sees that Magnus is there, standing and looking at the pavement where the broken bottle is. She approaches Magnus, remembering she does not want to talk to him. She thought to herself, "Hmmm... Maybe this is the wine talking.". But she continues to walk towards him and asks, "What are you doing here?". Magnus did not answer her question and looks at her with a stern face. He asks, "Did you do that?" while pointing to the broken bottle on the ground.
Selena looks at it and then to Magnus, "And what if I did? What are you going to do about it? It is not as if I threw it at you.". She sits on the swing chair. She is about to open the bottle of wine when Magnus snatches it. "What if you got hurt? What if a broken piece had gotten you hurt?". Selena looks at her husband with a serious face, "Are you for real? Now you are worried about me. Save it, Magnus. You cannot fool me again.". Then she snatches the bottle back and opens it.
Magnus falls silent while watching his wife drink. He sighs and tries to snatch the bottle but Selena anticipated it so she manages to get the bottle away from his reach. "Give me that bottle, Selena. It is not good for you.". Selena laughs, "Why do you care? You know what? Instead of scolding me, why don't you go to sleep?".
"Scolding? I am not scolding you. You are pregnant for Pete's sake and here you are drinking wine. Alcohol is not good for you.".
Selena could not believe what she just heard. It made her laugh and clap. "Wow! Just wow. Since when did you care about my pregnancy? Huh?! Alcohol is not good? Do not worry, my jerk husband. It is not going to kill MY child. Do you know what is going to kill him before he can even be born? HIS father asking his mother to abort him!" Magnus did not answer and snatch the bottle again. He successfully takes the bottle away from his wife. "You are drunk already. Let's go. You have to rest.". He grabs Selena by the wrist but Selena struggles to be free from his grip.
"Let me go! I am not coming with you and you cannot make me.".
Magnus could only sigh as he watches his wife sits on the swing chair, staring at the corner of the garden. He starts to mock her, "What? You are going to stay here until morning?". Selena looks at him, "If that is what it takes for me not to see you, then so be it. I and my baby can take it.". Magnus does not know what to do anymore. He has no choice but to carry his wife forcefully. And that is what he did.
He grabs Selena by the arm, puts it on the back of his neck, wraps his arm on her waist, and puts his arm down to her back knee. Then lifts her up. Selena is struggling again, "Put me down! Magnus! I said put me down!" but Magnus keeps his hold on her tight. Magnus walks out of the garden and enters the mansion. He proceeds upstairs and then into their bedroom.
Selena is still yelling, "Put me down! Or else I will kick you!". Magnus slowly lays her on the bed. He smirks and then, "Here you go.". Selena looks at her husband with irritation.
"Now you sleep. It is important for pregnant women to sleep early.".
Selena laughs, "As if you care. I am sure you are just this caring because of something. You do things when you know it would give you an advantage. So stop it.". Magnus did not reply. Selena then positions herself sideways on the bed and covers her entire body with the blanket. Magnus is about to sit on his side of the bed when he realizes something. He did not continue to sit but instead, he comes out of the room and goes into the library. He lays on the couch and starts to fall asleep.
Selena takes the blanket away and looks at the door. She sighs and moves her body to face the ceiling. She just keeps on staring at the ceiling until her eyes are slowly close. Selena then drifts off to sleep. She is sleeping deeply and now is having a dream. She is in that bedroom again and on same the corner, there is a crib. She walks towards it. Last time it was a baby girl but she sees a baby boy smiling at her. She takes the baby out of the cradle and carries him. "My sweet little boy.". Then the baby suddenly says, "Mommy.". Selena smiles and kisses the baby on the forehead, "Yes, my boy. This is mommy.".
Selena is playing with her baby's little hands when the scene of the dream changed. Everything becomes black. Then there are loud knocks by the door. Someone is shouting, "GET OUT THIS INSTANT!". Selena is scared. She hugs her baby. She shouts back, "LEAVE US ALONE! PLEASE!". But the knocks are getting stronger as if the person knocking wants to break the door. The baby starts to cry. Selena starts to sway her body to soothe her baby. She decides to tap him but she is shocked when she cannot feel anything under the blanket. The baby in her arms is gone.
Selena panics and instantly looks around the room. But there is no baby, even the crib is gone. She goes to the door and goes out. She then hears her baby crying loudly and in pain. She starts running while shouting, "Baby, where are you?!". Selena follows her baby's cries. "Mommy is coming, baby. Mommy is coming. Whoever you are that took my baby, I will make you regret it. You hear me?!". Selena continues to run until she reaches a door. She is about to come in when she sees Magnus talking to a doctor. So retreats and hides but enough to hear them talking. She clearly hears his husband saying, "Did you get it out of my wife's tummy?". The doctor nods. That is when Selena feels so much. She even shouts out of pain. She feels something between her knees. She feels something wet so she puts down her hand between her knees and wipes it. She takes a look at her hand. Her hand starts shaking as she sees what is on it. It is blood. The sight frightens her so she could not help but shout. Selena wakes up, sweating, and crying.
"Oh my God. My baby. My poor baby.". Selena is panicking and puts both hands on her stomach. She examines her stomach using the sense of feeling. She feels a kick. Selena is still crying but a big smile is on her face out of relief. She then looks around, "It was a dream.". She deeply sighs, "Thank God it was just a dream.". She begins to caress her stomach while talking, "Even if that dream is true or not, Mommy will protect you, my little one. I will not let anything for you. I will fight everything for you even if it would be your father.".
Selena then gets out of bed and goes to the bathroom. While being in the shower, she remembers about medical school. Her eyes widen and pick up her pace in preparing and getting dressed. After her morning routine, she immediately goes to the kitchen for breakfast. She approaches Nana and says her request, "Nana, can I have a blueberry pancake?". Miss Luna smiles, "Of course, darling. Anything for you and to our little angel.".
When Miss Luna is putting the pancakes on the table, she looks at Selena from head to toe and asks, "You are going to school?". Selena nods while enjoying her pancakes.
"With your condition? You could get hurt and many worst things can happen."
Selena finished her breakfast and stands in front of Miss Luna. She holds both of her hands and says, "You do not need to worry, Nana. I will be careful. That does not mean that I am carrying a baby, I will not attend medical school anymore.". She smiles at Miss Luna, "Because of my baby, I have a reason to continue moving forward and have something to fight for. I will fight for my dream for my baby, Nana.".
Miss Luna smiles and then hugs her. "I am so proud of you. That's the spirit. Just don't forget that I am always here for you, okay?". Selena nods and hugs her back.
Miss Luna breaks off the hug and faces Selena, "You are going to be late so go ahead and get your things for school.". Selena nods and when she is about to come out of the door, Magnus comes in. "He looks like he did not sleep well.", Selena thought. But then she still ignored him and proceeds to get her things in the bedroom. She goes out of the mansion and into the car. On her way to school, she cannot stop thinking about the look on Magnus' face. "He did not sleep at the bed with me last night because he knows I do not want him to.", she starts thinking. She then mutters, "Don't pity him, Selena. He wants your baby to die so him not getting any sleep is nothing compare to his cruelty. Never again I will let him fool me.".