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“Did their affair continue while your mother was pregnant?” she asked. “I mean, that whole thing sounds off.”
“Don’t even get me going on that,” he said. “I think Zach truly believed the child was his. He was right. So when it came down to it, he wasn’t leaving her because he wanted to know and wait until the baby was born. If Blaze was my father’s son, I think Zach would have left. But that didn’t happen.”
“I guess that makes more sense. Your mother obviously didn’t know who the father was?”
“No,” he said. “At least she said she didn’t. I’ve heard things over the years. I guess she was on the pill, so it’s not like one guy was protected and not the other. My mother is so selfish that I think she was going to make her game plan once the baby was born. Love wasn’t going to dictate anything. But the red hair was a dead giveaway and my father took any decision she wanted to make right out of her hands.”
“Good for him,” she said.
“But I paid the price.”
“Sounds like you and Blaze both did and I’m sorry for that.”
“Don’t be sorry,” he said. “Nothing can change that. Anyway, I told Blaze to let me know if he needs anything. To reach out directly. He never will and he even said that. Not only does he wait tables on the weekends but he also tutors. He’s always been a worker. He doesn’t ask for much and if he does, it’s only of his father.”
“Sounds like he’s got a good head on his shoulders.”
“He does. Probably better than me.”
“I wouldn’t say that,” she said, her hand reaching over and patting his leg. “Looks to me like you turned out just fine.”
“Amazing, isn’t it? All things considered.”
“Don’t do that to yourself,” she said. “Even when I knew you back in school, I didn’t think you’d be the type to get down on yourself like this.”
“I hid it well,” he said, smirking at her.
“No more hiding it,” she said. “Or thinking it. I mean it.”
“I’ll try not to,” he said.
“Good,” she said. They pulled into the restaurant. “I’m starving. For more than food, but the rest can wait. I had a great time with the girls last night, but all I could think of was spending time with you tonight. Hope you don’t think I’m clingy saying that.”
“Not at all,” he said, smiling. A bright one that told her their night was going to be a great one.
15
RECONNECTION THINGS
“Kate,” Sage said on Tuesday night. “I’m glad to have caught you.”
“I’m sorry,” Kate said. “I’ve been running around and busy. You know what it’s like.”
“I do,” she said.
Last Friday she’d gone out with a few girls from work. Something that had been planned before she was dating Knox.
There was talk about her relationship and it was so much fun to have that connection even though she was the new one of the group.
It was Sage, Daisy, Ivy, Violet, and Heather. Everyone without a child or not pregnant. Dahlia was supposed to join them but was feeling under the weather.
Since she was the only single one there, it was nice to fit in more, but the topics were more about Heather’s honeymoon and Daisy and Ivy’s wedding plans. There were some questions on her relationship with Knox, but it was new yet, and there was not much to say.
Then Saturday, she and Knox went to dinner, caught a show, then ended up in her bed that night. Sunday morning, she’d made him breakfast and then lunch before he left to go home and get some things done for work, he’d said, before he relaxed to watch football.
“I’m seeing someone,” Kate said suddenly.
“You are?” she said. “Does Trace know? He never said a word.”
