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I run upstairs and grab a couple of empty suitcases to fill with her clothes, and then I give her a quick kiss before I head over.
The house is dark when I arrive. I head straight for Ava’s room, and I grab her bunny and nightlight first—though she hasn’t had any nightmares at all since she’s been staying with me. I pack the first suitcase full of clothes from her dresser drawers, and I head toward the closet next.
“Holy shit,” I murmur when I see the sheer amount of Radiance shit in her closet.
It’s…excessive.
Literally one entire wall is a shelving unit with Radiance Skincare boxes stacked from the floor to the ceiling. When she joked about having a closetful of this shit, I had no idea she actually meant an entire closetful of this shit. There must be thousands of dollars’ worth of products in here.
I grab the clothes on hangers and take it all out to my car.
I fill up the other two suitcases until they’re bursting, and before I take them out to the car, I stop to use her bathroom.
As soon as I flick on the light, I spot something sitting there on the bathroom counter.
It’s a box of pregnancy tests.
Correction: A box of open pregnancy tests.
A pulse of fear races up my spine.
Is Ava pregnant?
Is she keeping yet another secret from me?
I thought I was past those secrets from the beginning when she lied about who she was. I thought I was okay with it. I thought we’d moved on.
But the thought that maybe she’s keeping more from me is a terrifying realization. Will I ever be able to fully trust her?
I thought I could. I don’t think I’m quite there.
It feels like the absolute worst possible thing that could have happened. It’s all my fears combined into one manifesting itself in that open fucking box.
Kids ruin relationships. Secrets ruin relationships. Lies ruin relationships. And this has the potential to be all three.
It’s not just another secret. It’s not just another lie.
It’s a baby.
I glance through the box mostly because I can’t help myself, and I see that there’s a test missing.
She took one. I’m not jumping to conclusions. The evidence is right fucking here in front of me. An open box of pregnancy tests on my girlfriend’s bathroom counter.
I’m the only man she’s slept with. At least I think I am. Maybe it’s another secret. Another lie. The fact that she was a virgin came out of her stupid ex’s mouth before it came out of hers.
She explained why she didn’t tell me. I tried to understand.
But explaining away lies after the fact doesn’t change anything.
Is this what she wants? Is she ready for kids and marriage and that whole life?
Maybe she is, but I’m not entirely sure I am.
It feels like a giant weight is pressing on me as I continue to hold the box in my hands.
I finally toss it down on the counter like it’s on fucking fire, and then I bolt the fuck out of there. I grab the suitcases, toss them in my car, and decide to go to the Gridiron instead of back to my house.
I need a drink before I’m ready to face her and whatever this is. Make no mistake, though. I will face her. I will ask her about those tests and why they’re on her counter.
