Protect

"How was Camilla today?" Rachel asked her boyfriend.

"Growing bigger I guess. It's like every time I see her she's bigger than the previous day "

Rachel laughed drying her hair. They had moved in together a few months back and she had decided to settle at his colorful place.

"You know you bother them every day & they never complain. Why don't you just let them be "

Ray frowned, "I just want to see my bestie & make sure she's okay. After all that has happened, I can't trust Chris to fully protect her with his crazy mother on the loose "

"You say that like you're capable of protecting her but we both know that's impossible. Chris is more than enough to protect his wife "

Ray moved to where she was and grabbed the dryer helping her with her wet hair.

"I know his ability to do that but I just can't help thinking about her safety now that she's in her vulnerable state. She could protect herself before all this but now she can't cause she had to first protect her child before anything else " he said.

"So? that's what any mother would do first before anything else," Rachel said.

"I know and that's why I would rather be there to protect her while she protects her child. I don't want either of them to get hurt " he said.

He placed the dryer after he was finished drying Rachel's hair.

"Then what about you, who will protect you? Camilla would not want to see her in danger just for her sake. And I love Camilla and would do anything for her but I would not want you putting your life in danger for her, she and I would never allow that " Rachel held his hand.

He sighed, "I know but as you said we would do anything to protect her "

"But not at the cost of your life, love. Camilla would never live in peace if she knew what you did just to save her "

Ray nodded and fell silent.

"Let's go make some dinner am starving " Rachel dragged Ray down the stairs.

He cheered up the moment they started cooking. He set the table and happily hummed a tune he heard from Camilla in the morning.

"What would Camilla name her baby boy? Do you think she will give him mine or his father's?" he asked sipping on his wine glass

Rachel giggled, "Why would she name her baby after you? I think it would be among her parents or Chris"

He walked to the living room to turn on some music when he saw the news.

Rachel was done with the table when she heard something shattering.

"Ray?...." she called his name while running to the living room where he was.

He was standing still with his eyes fixed on the screen. Rachel held him pulling him away from the shards of glass.

"What happened, babe?" she asked but he said nothing as tears formed in his eyes. She moved her sight from his face to the screen.

Reading the huge black subtitles playing on the screen.

"FAMOUS CHIEF CAMILLA SMITH STABBED IN HER HOME, HER CONDITION IS NOT YET KNOWN "

"I told you he could not protect her from his mother " Ray muttered as tears began to fall.