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My blood ran cold. Miri had been discharged already? I couldn’t have her walking in here.
Another knock on the door. “Are you in there, Reece?”
“Hang on!” I leaped off the bed, scouring the floor picking up clothes.
Skylar paled and yanked her t-shirt down. I pulled her up off the bed and shoved her toward my wardrobe.
“No. Please. I don’t like enclosed spaces.”
“I’m sorry. Just for a minute.”
She stiffened and I guided her into the wardrobe. She tried to twist out of my arms. Her voice was a forceful whisper. “What does it matter? Let’s tell her. Miri won’t care. She already knows about Sean.”
“We agreed to keep things quiet.”
Skylar’s face dropped. “Why? You’re ashamed of me?”
“Of course not.”
I was embarrassed about myself, that I’d let myself down like this. I didn’t want Miri and Gabe to know what I’d been up to at that club. They were trying to help me out. I wasn’t supposed to be sleeping with my clients. Skylar pressed herself against my shirts. I shut her inside the wardrobe then dashed to open my bedroom door. Miri’s eyes met mine and she frowned. She peered over my shoulder into the room.
“What’s going on in there? Were you talking to someone? Why is it such a mess?”
I stepped outside, closing the door behind me. “I was on the phone.”
“Why is everyone on the landing?” Gabe’s voice made my shoulders tighten.
Gabe snuggled the beautiful baby boy in his arms and smiled. God. They were both here.
Gabe presented the tiny bundle swaddled in blankets to me. “Do you want a cuddle, Uncle Reece? We’re going home, but we thought we ought to see you and Mum first.”
I pinned my arms to my sides, battling to keep my face level. “Give me a moment. I’ll be right down.”
Miri’s tired gaze roved over me and her eyes flew open. “You have someone in there, don’t you?”
My mouth clenched tighter. “Don’t be ridiculous.”
Miri searched my face, then hers flashed with triumph. “You’re lying!”
Gabe chuckled. “Caught in the act, Dr. Forster. Who’s the unlucky lady?”
Sweat prickled the back of my neck. I shifted my gaze to Miri. “Mum will be desperate to see you. Why don’t we all go and—”
“Oh God. It’s Megan, isn’t it?” Miri studied my face and slapped her palm to her forehead. You’re back with Megan? Gabe said you were all over each other at the hospital.”
Did he now? I flashed Gabe an annoyed look and he cocked an amused eyebrow. He was probably still pissed off that I’d told him to stop leaning.
“You may as well come out, Megan. No point hiding away. Don’t be shy.”
Miri reached for the door handle, but I plastered myself in front of the door. “You can’t go in there.”
Her shrewd eyes met mine. “Why are you being so weird? Like, even weirder than usual?”
“Because it’s my bedroom. I’m entitled to some privacy in my own bedroom.”
Miri’s lip twitched. She held her hands up in mock surrender and stepped back. “Fine. I just pushed a human being out of my vagina. That was traumatic enough. I don’t need to see Megan in a gimp mask.”
“Have you eaten? Go and sit down. You need to rest. I’ll make you something, come on.”
