<div style="text-align: center">《 Hale 》<br/>
<i>Location: Abendblume conference room.<br/>
Addressing: Sou</i>​</div><br/>Hale moved towards the table, smiling as she criticized him and how she could help him do things differently. Suddenly trying to make herself useful? The answer to his troubles? He pulled out a chair for her, then poured her a glass of brandy from a crystal decanter, up until he heard her last bit of information she had to share. Frowning, he drew the alcohol away from her, taking a seat next to her. Was he the type of man that would send a pregnant woman out to fend for herself? No. Did she know that? Yes. It was not something he'd made any effort to hide. If he found she was making a move to manipulate him, he might wring her pretty little neck, but maybe she didn't know that about him. He was well aware of some of the other questionable things she had done. It was how she had ended up on the list. He recognized her for what she was.<br/><br/>So unlike his wife. She'd been pure and honest. Troubled, but pure.<br/><br/>"One think to keep secrets from the community. Another thing to fail to inform Mr. Frazier so that he might have put you on prenatal vitamins." If he'd been informed, Hale would have known about it.<br/><br/>"How can you be sure its his?" Hale leaned forward to ask, eyes narrowing.<br/><br/>"Should we call a meeting? Maybe they can draw straws.." There wasn't much he didn't know about the people of Abendblume, Sou included.<br/><br/>"You do know why you are on the list, and he isn't?" Hale didn't wait for her to answer. "I was doing him a favor. I think with time, he could find a good woman. Settle down, and become a true asset to Abendblume. He can't do that with you here, though." He shrugged. It was unfortunate but he was confident Rebel would make the right choice.<br/><br/>"Can you go retrieve Mr. Frazier and have him bring a pregnancy test?" Hale said to one of his men that he motioned over. "If she's pregnant, congratulations are in order." If she was lying he might drag her from the grounds himself. He remembered his sweet Liliana's glow each time she'd gotten pregnant. He remembered her pain each time she'd lost one. He remembered when the world had grown too much for her, and she'd left Abendblume in the night. The only time she'd been truly happy was when she'd been pregnant and there were some women that would take it for granted. Some women that would lie, and use it to make men beholden to them.