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“Sure, okay.” I nod at her. Hell, I’ll do whatever she wants right now.
“I’m pregnant.”
“Holy shit.” I was not expecting that.
“Jake—”
“I won’t tell,” I insist. “But does Dad know?”
“I was on my way to talk to him,” she says, as tears spill out of her eyes. She can’t move, so I wipe them away for her.
“Hey, it’s okay. You can tell him. Holy shit, I’m gonna be a big brother! Oh, God, we’re having a baby!”
She squeezes my hand so tight, and she starts to cry more, and that makes me cry, too, even though I don’t want the other guy to see it and think that I’m a baby.
But I kind of don’t care.
“It’s okay, sweetie,” Polly says. “I’m so sorry.”
“Sorry? Why? We’re having a baby!”
“You’re not mad?”
“No!” God, why would I be mad? I like kids. I always wanted a family of my own, a real family, and I have it. It’s the coolest ever. “It’s going to be really hard not to tell Dad, so you have to tell him fast, though.”
“How are you feeling, Polly?” the EMT asks. “Still dizzy?”
“No, not as bad. Just the headache now.”
“That’s a good sign,” he says with a kind smile and winks at me, and it makes me feel a little better.
I look out the back window, but I don’t see my dad’s truck. I frown, wondering where he is when we pull into the hospital.
“Okay, let’s get you checked out.”
We’re whisked inside, but Polly doesn’t let go of my hand, and it feels good that she wants me with her.
We’re going to have a baby.
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
RYAN
The ambulance pulls away, and I rush back to my truck, but before I can close the door, I hear someone screaming my name.
“RYAN! Oh, Ryan, I knew you would come for me.”
I spin and stare, not believing what I’m seeing.
“Claudia?”
“Oh, Ryan.” She throws herself into my arms, sobbing on my shoulder. “I knew you’d come.”
“What in the hell are you doing in Montana, of all places?”
“I came, of course,” she says, frowning. “I knew, when you were at my show in Paris, that you wanted me. So, I came. I had to get rid of that annoying little gnat that was attached to you, but I came. And now we can be together.”
Jesus fucking Christ.
