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Her brother shrugs as he continues to glare at me.
"Preacher, whatever it is you have to say, please just say it so you can go," Ailbhe says on a sigh.
I return the glare to her brother and then focus on Ailbhe. "I know I fucked up. But there's a reason for it?—"
"What's the reason?" she asks me. "I'd like to know what the reason is."
I shake my head. I'm not getting into that, not now, hell not fucking ever. "Not here to discuss that right now, Ailbhe."
Her eyes are narrowed as she glares at me. "Then why are you here?" I watch as she takes a deep breath. "You said you wanted to talk. So tell me what the hell it is you want to say."
I try to find a way to say the words gently, but they just tumble out of my mouth. "I want a paternity test."
Silence spreads through the room, and I know that I've fucked up. I hadn't meant to outright ask it like that. Christ, I'm a fucking asshole. There's no fucking doubt about that.
"I'll get you the paternity test," Ailbhe says, her words vibrating with anger and sadness. "But I don't need you to raise this baby. I don't want you anywhere near me. What I do want is for you to go sit on a fucking cactus and go fuck yourself."
I hear Pyro's chuckle and sigh. I really did fuck this up. Damn it.
"It's time to go," Ruairi growls. "She's supposed to be resting. The last thing she needs is your fucking bullshit. So do something right, and leave her the fuck alone."
Py slams his hand on my shoulder, his fingers digging into the muscle. "Time to go, brother," he says low.
I don't want to leave. Fuck, I'm so damn stupid. I fucked up. I shouldn't have said anything about the paternity test. I should have kept my damn mouth shut.
I turn on my heel and leave, not wanting to upset her any more. She needs to rest and she needs time to calm down. Fuck, I need to find a way to make it up to her. If she gets the chance, she's going to skin me alive, and I don't blame her at fucking all.
"Brother," Pyro says, shaking his head. "Damn, brother, that was fucked up."
I nod. "I know. I fucked up. I should have kept my damn mouth shut."
"That you should have. Why did you think it was the right question to ask?"
"Fuck if I know. It was like word vomit and I couldn't stop it. She fuckin' hates me."
He chuckles. "Not that you can blame her, right? I mean, that was beyond crazy. What are you goin' to do now?"
"Fuck, I don't know how to fix this. I just tend to make everything worse. I don't know how to make amends."
"Well, you've got to, brother. The woman's carryin' your child and you truly hurt her today."
I know that, and I'm going to have to find a way to apologize to her without making things worse. Something I have a hard time doing. It just seems that I put my foot in my mouth all the damn time. One thing's for sure, I'll be making sure that Ailbhe is okay. Whatever the hell she needs, I'll make sure she has it. I don't give a fuck what it is.
CHAPTER17
AILBHE
"You doing okay, Ailbhe?" Fiona asks me as she takes a seat beside me.
Today has been better. I'm feeling a little stronger than I have the last couple of days, but I'm still struggling to keep anything down. But the tablets the doctor gave me should work in the next couple of days. I'm praying it does because I've been feeling like shit and it needs to stop. It's been going on for way too bloody long.
"I'm okay. This baby is kicking my butt, girl," I say with a smile. "But I'm okay. I promise."
"Evie and Hannah are scared," she says softly. The girls are in bed. They've been worried since they got home from school yesterday.
"I never intended for you all to find out that way." I hate that they found out by me being sick and ending up in the hospital.
"We were worried that you weren't home when we woke up. We had no idea you were sick. Why didn't you say something?"
