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Once in the lobby, I run my fingers through my hair and contemplate what to do next. I could sit at the bar and wait to run into her and confront her face to face or just walk away for good. I want to tell her exactly how I feel, but I know the best thing for me to do is leave, as hard as it is. I have too many unspoken words. Letting out a huff, I pull the valet number from my pocket and wait for them to pull my truck around.
Just as the valet opens the door for me, and I get inside, I get a call and blood rushes to my head as I rush to pull it from my pocket. Hoping it’s Savannah, I’m disappointed when I see Veronica’s name flash across the screen. Instead of avoiding her, I answer as I pull out of the parking lot onto the highway.
“Hey baby,” she purrs as soon as she hears my voice.
I try to force a smile, so I don’t sound as aggravated as I am. It’s not fair to her. “Hey. I’m really sorry about last night and all of that. I was going to call you.”
She chuckles. “It’s okay. I forgive you. I just wish you would’ve been the one to take me home last night. So what are you doing right now?”
I focus on the road, trying to figure out why Savannah would do this to me. “Driving home.”
“I’m heading back to my place now. Had to run some errands real quick. Why don’t you come over?” Veronica asks in her seductive tone that I know all too well.
I contemplate her invitation for a moment and find myself taking the exit toward her place. After last night and everything that’s happened, I feel as if I owe her as much. After a few seconds, I think back to what Hunter said today, and it helps me to make up my mind.
“I’m on my way there,” I tell her, matter-of-factly.
“Good, baby. I’ll be waiting for you.”
Chapter Seven
Savannah
Veronica pushes past me and helps herself inside my room. I’m too hungover for this right now.
“You need to leave,” I demand. My adrenaline spikes, and I want grab her by the hair and pull her out the fucking door, but when she turns around, tears are streaming down her cheeks. I don’t know what to think and I’m confused, but she has no business being here.
“Savannah, we need to talk,” she tells me matter-of-factly.
“I have nothing to say to you.” I cross my arms over my chest.
Glancing down, I look in her hand and see she’s holding a thin piece of paper or something. She notices me looking at it and wipes the tears streaming down her face before I realize what it is.
An ultrasound.
She sucks in a deep breath and hands it to me. Looking down at the printout, I see her full name on the top and notice it’s dated from two weeks ago. It even has the weeks and number of days pregnant. I look it over from top to bottom, trying to figure out if it’s a fake, but there’s not a doubtful bone in my body as I hold it. This is one-hundred percent real. Veronica is pregnant.
“I know we haven’t had the best friendship, Savannah. I know I was a total bitch to you growing up, most of the time for no reason. But right now, I have no one else to turn to but you because you’re the problem.”
My eyes narrow. Nothing like a back-handed admission to her being a douche.
“Hayden’s the father, but I haven’t told him yet. We’ve hooked up a few times the past couple of months, but we never made things exclusive. Last night I was going to give him the big news after our date, but he was too busy tending to you. And now today—” More tears begin to fall, harder this time. “He doesn’t want anything to do with me, and I know it’s because he thinks you’ll take him back because he never quite got over you.”
She’s always known how to twist the knife, and now is no different. I feel as if I’m falling into the abyss with no bottom in sight. Then realization hits me: Hayden and Veronica are having a baby together. My hand begins to shake, and I drop the photo and watch it float to the ground. I pick it up, and it feels like poison in my hand. Emotions bubble inside me, and I don’t know how to feel about any of this.
But the kiss last night…
I’m brought back to reality when she clears her throat.
“Do you understand now? Don’t be a homewrecker, Savannah. You’re a lot of things, but you’re not that. My baby needs a father, and now I feel like Hayden’s second-guessing everything, and I’m scared. I’m so fucking scared.”
