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“I did some research and found there’s a way for me to conceive and carry a baby from each of you at the same time. They would be twins, but from separate eggs and you would each be a father to one of them.”
“Ny,” he grinds out.
“It’s not guaranteed, but she’s found a way to increase our chances,” Jace starts.
“You’ve got to be fucking kidding me. You know about this?”
“Yeah, superfecundation twins. We have a one and thirteen thousand chance, but that’s when it happens by accident. If we’re actively doing this, I think we have a better chance. It’s possible.”
“Fuck outa here. And if one of us gets her pregnant and the other one doesn’t. What then?”
“I’d love them no matter who the father is.”
“Jace,” Gio drags out. “If you don’t shut the fuck up. Both of you can stop talking to me. I give an inch and you take off running a mile.
“A wedding and a handfasting, I was thinking about caving on that. Maybe once this is over, we can do that.”
“But what about a baby?”
“Shit, Ny. Maybe we can freeze a few eggs since we don’t know when we can be done with all of this.”
“So maybe you’ll marry me and maybe we can have a baby. Do you hear how that sounds to a woman five years out from forty, with no end to this in sight? I’ve given up my entire life. I’ve loved you more than myself.”
Tears start to fall. He drags a hand through his hair then cracks his knuckles. He reaches to cup my face.
“How long do I have to process this? I feel you slipping away.”
“You take all the time you need, Gio. I’m going to work on me. I’ve done so much wrong. Your mom once gave me some great advice I should have listened to. So while you decide what you want, I’m going to be working on that advice, but I won’t be waiting on you or anyone else.”
“Why does that sound like you’re leaving us?”
“Hear whatever you need to hear.”
“What do you need to hear?”
I scoff. “Oh no, boo. I’m not giving you the strings to pull me, my dear puppet master. I’ve danced enough for you.
“You find whatweneed from you and I’m not talking about Jace. I’m talking about you and me because you forgot about me somewhere along the line. This thing, it’s all you think about, all you want.
“If you want me, Gio. I’m going to need to know that because I don’t feel it anymore.”
With that, I get out of the car and go into the house to pack my things. I wrap my arms around my middle and try to hold myself together. I’m walking away from my best friends and I’m not totally sure it’s the right thing to do.
* * *
Jace
“What the fuck just happened?” Gio says almost to himself.
I shake my head, trying to piece things together myself. My heart burns because I don’t think I can fix this one. I’ve held it off for as long as I could, but it’s been coming for a long time.
“I don’t know, but you need to start that fast-thinking shit before she’s gone.”
“Fuck,” he roars and punches the window so hard it cracks.
I glare at him and lift a brow. A lot of good that’s going to do us. He slumps down in his seat and covers his face with his hands.
“Something’s always trying to take her from me. She’s the only thing in this life I’ve wanted, but no matter what I do, something always stands in the way of that. I’m so fucking tired.”
