Run as fast as you can: A plot twist

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I seem to be getting sick a lot lately. I've thrown up a lot and every little thing seems to be getting at me. Michelle notices this and orders Douglas to go to the drugstore to get some supplies. My brain is too fried and can't think of a reason on why she's sending Douglas out. When he comes back, he hands me a box of pregnancy tests. I give him a weird look. "Take them, you piece of shit." He says "Go into the bathroom and tell me when you're done." 
"I'm not pregnant though.." I say. "Just do it!" He snaps at me. I walk into the tiny bathroom. It's moldy and you can tell rats are living in here. I take the test and wait about five minutes. When I read what the results are, it startles me. "Oh my god.." I think to myself. Not only do I have to try to protect Shane, I have to protect another life now too. 

Douglas pounds on the door and I slowly open it. He rips the test out of my hands and reads it. "God damn it!" He shouts. Michelle walks around the corner and he tells her the news. She gets this devious smile on her face before saying, "Douglas, calm down. This is great news. We can keep the child and raise it to be just like us. Oh! This is wonderful! And after the child is born, we'll just get rid of Shane and Destiny." My eyes widen when she says that. I'm not letting her do anything to Shane and I'm sure as heck not letting her take my child away from me. 

"Y-you're not going to do that. I wont let you!" I say. Michelle gives me a look and shoves me into the wall. "The hell did you just say to me?! Who told you you could talk?!" She shouts. "I-I did." I reply. She looks even angrier when I say that. She then proceeds to throw me to the ground and kick me. Douglas immediately stops her and warns her that she could hurt the baby. Michelle nods, gives me a nasty look, and tells me to get up. I scramble to my feet and am taken back to the room they're keeping us in. 

I sit in the corner and hug my knees and begin to cry. My brain is so overwhelmed right now. Now that they're so worried about harming my child, they probably wont torture me as much right now. That means they're going to harm Shane more, and I'm not okay with that. They could kill him or seriously injure him.

Shane crawls over to me and puts an arm around my shoulders. He moves a piece of my hair from my face and asks, "Why are you crying?" I don't reply to him. "Des..what did they do to you? It's okay.. you can tell me." He says. I bite my lip and force myself to stop crying for just a minute. "I-I can't tell you.. Shane, I really want to tell you but I just can't." I say. We sit in silence for a moment. The only thing you can hear is my crying. "Please tell me..." Shane says. I slowly look up at him. "I'm..pregnant.." I choke out. He sits there in shock for a moment. I'm starting to freak out now. He's probably mad now. He probably wants nothing to do with me now. "Wait, are you serious? I'm the father, right?" He asks. I nod slightly. "Oh..wow.. Um... We can make this work. I know we can. Even if it might not seem like it, it'll be okay." Shane says. "I hope so.." I say quietly.