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Koen’s eyebrows draw together. “He what?”
I’m back to feeling numb. I’ve been in and out of this state all afternoon.
“Did you call him?”
“No.” Even my voice is numb and lifeless. “What would I say? Hey, did you know you have a wife and child?”
“More like, what the fuck are you doing?”
I grunt a painful laugh. “I’ll let you have that conversation with him.”
“What will your conversation with him be? Don’t pretend you’re not going to say anything.”
Here it comes, that wave of emotion that’s been out to sea for the past few hours. It’s ready to crash onto the shore, and Ican do nothing to stop it because I can no longer keep this from Koen.
The tears come fast and hard before I get the first word out of my mouth. “I’m going to tell him about the baby.”
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
BECAUSE OF YOU, I HAVE HER.
Price
I might get a dog.Or steal this one.
Before I can formulate possible ways to keep another man’s Scrotum, there’s a knock at the door.
Scrot jumps off the sofa when I get up to answer. “They’re taking you back. Don’t tell them how many apples I’ve fed you.”
When I open the door, Scrot runs straight to Koen, standing several feet behind Scottie. She stares at my chest with a somber expression.
I glance at my shirt. Is there something on it?
“Call me when you’re ready,” Koen says, adjusting his baseball hat.
She doesn’t respond.
“Thanks for watching him.” Koen doesn’t make eye contact with me either before leading Scrot to the truck.
As soon as he begins to back out of my driveway, Scottie asks, “Can I come in?”
“He’s leaving you, so I’m inclined to say yes. It’s just good manners.” I laugh.
She does not.
What’s happening?
“Who died? It wasn’t me. Not yet anyway.” When I turn back toward her, Scottie slowly lifts her gaze.
In a blink, tears fill her eyes.
I step toward her, and she shakes her head, holding up a flat palm. “Don’t.”
“Scottie, what is it?”
“I almost died.”
“What?”
