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He cups my head and kisses me. “We’re going to make this go away.”
“I know,” I say. “I do.” I turn away and hurry toward the hallway that leads to the second living area and the kitchen, bypassing both rooms to head to the patio where I exit and shut the door. I can’t get to the balcony rail soon enough. I grab it, holding on to my emotions with it.
The door opens behind me and I turn to find Lauren shutting it again. “Lori wanted to check on you but I asked her to give me a minute.”
I burst into tears, all the emotions I’ve held in to be strong for Reese overcoming me. “Oh honey,” Lauren says, rushing forward and wrapping me in her arms. “It’s going to be okay.”
“I never cry.”
“Or throw up,” she says, leaning back to look at me. “Welcome to pregnancy. This is a lot to deal with when your hormones are all out of whack.”
I cry for a good two minutes before I swipe at my eyes and ease away from her, “I don’t like this part of pregnancy.”
“It’ll get better once you get past the first few months.”
“Months? How many months?”
“After I get rid of Debbie for you, I’m sure it will be better.”
“How many months?” I ask again.
She purses her lips, reluctantly admitting, “I was bad for about three months which is another reason you need to tell Reese. He needs to understand why you aren’t yourself.”
“I want to tell him on his birthday. I’ll wrap the journal and have him open it that morning. I want to do it that way. It will be special and perfect, but I need Debbie gone by then.”
“We have three weeks. We can do it but can you wait that long to tell Reese?”
“It’s the perfect time. He’ll be well into the trial. He’ll have a grip on what is happening. It’ll be a special birthday gift. Debbie will be gone. I love the idea of doing it then.”
“I think it sounds special,” she says. “I’ll handle Debbie. I promise. You know he didn’t do this, right?”
“Of course I know. I don’t doubt him. I don’t even doubt him one little bit. We’re too in love. Our sex life is amazing. We’re amazing which is why our baby will be amazing. But that’s why the way I tell him has to be amazing, and without Debbie.”
The doors open and Reese appears, his handsome face etched in worry, his eyes dark, troubled. “I need to see my wife.”
“Of course,” Lauren says as he steps outside.
She’s walking past him when he says, “Thank you, Lauren.”
“I’m with you both. Anything you need.”
He nods and she disappears, shutting the doors behind her. Reese crosses to stand in front of me, backing me against the railing, his hands coming down on the steel, his legs caging mine. His eyes probing. “You’ve been crying.”
“Reese—”
“Cat. Talk to me.”
“I had a small meltdown.”
“You don’t meltdown. You’re afraid it’s true. I told Royce I want a DNA test no matter what it costs me.”
“No,” I say. “No. That isn’t the problem and if you think that, then it will affect us as much as if I really distrusted you. You aren’t even thinking about your case. You have to be in court in the morning. Make everyone leave. We have to talk. You and me.”
“Cat—”
“Make them leave. We need to talk now.”
Chapter fifty-eight
