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“Knock. Knock.” I announced myself.
He slid out from under the cabinet. “Hey! How you holding up?”
I was thankful at least one of the guys knew so I could vent.
“Still no results.” I blew out a breath. “Pretty much a nervous wreck, but not as bad as I was before.”
“What changed?”
“Devyn said she wants to make this work regardless of the results. That was huge. She told me she loved me, which she hadn’t done before. So that takes some of the pressure off when it comes to the DNA test.”
“Nice.” He smiled. “I’m glad to hear that.”
“Robert might try to interfere if the baby is his, but knowing she made the decision to be with mebeforethe results came in means a lot.”
“Yeah. No shit. You’d always have wondered otherwise.”
“Right. I’d never want to feel like she was only choosing to be with me for the baby’s sake.”
“Totally. I get it.” He stood and smacked me on the shoulder. “Looks like you’re gonna be raising a kid no matter what.” Holden held out his hand. “Welcome to the no-sleep club, man.”
I shook with him. “Crazy, right?Me, of all people.”
“Never thought I’d see the day.” He looked up at the ceiling. “Ryan’s been playing some crazy games up there, sending us all babies.” Holden got back down on the ground and slid into the cabinet. “I gotta get this going, but keep talking.”
“What’s wrong with the sink?”
“Pipe has a leaky joint,” he answered.
A few minutes later, a deluge of water sprayed out everywhere.
“Fuck!” he yelled. “Pipe burst.”
As Holden ran to go shut off the water, I rummaged for a pot to collect some of it. I ended up totally soaked from my head to my crotch before the water stopped.
Holden returned. “I’m a fucking idiot for not turning off the water before working on the pipe.”
“Well, you didn’t expect it to burst.”
I hung out for a few more minutes, but then figured I’d let him be. “Well, I just wanted to say hello. You need anything before I go?”
“Nah. I’m good.” He came out from under the sink for a moment. “Keep me posted, okay? Lala and I are waiting with bated breath, too.”
“You know I will.”
Totally drenched, I headed down the hall. As I entered the elevator, I got a text.
Devyn: Where are you? I’m in front of your apartment.
Owen: Heading over there now. I was hanging out with Holden upstairs. Stay there. Coming to you.
When I got to my floor, I saw her standing at my door. She ran toward me, wrapped in a towel with her hair soaking wet. We each looked like we’d escaped a monsoon.
“What happened, Devyn? Why are you still in your bathing suit?”
Had something gone wrong at the pool? Was there an accident?
She gasped for air. “The doctor called.” The few seconds it took her to catch her breath were the longest of my life. “I ran here to tell you…”
