Page 36 of Chasing Honor

Shit.

Honor couldn’t get pregnant. I wouldn’t survive if she wanted to give our baby away or worse, left me and took it with her.

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I was uploading the last file to my client’s cloud server when my phone rang, startling me.

I check the caller ID and smiled.

Ethan.

“Hey. What’s up?” I looked at the clock and noticed I’d lost track of time. It was almost dinner time, and I didn’t have anything planned.

“I have a favor.”

“Whatcha need?”

“Is there any way you can pick up Carson from my parents’ house? I’m gonna be at least another two hours. We collared the guy who’s been knocking over the liquor stores. We’re still writing reports.”

“Sure. I can do it now.”

“Thanks. My parents’ have dinner plans, or I wouldn’t ask.”

“You know you don’t have to apologize for asking me . . . or thank me. I love spending time with Carson. It’s perfect timing anyway; I just finished work. Would you like us to bring you a sandwich? If you made an arrest, I bet you skipped lunch.”

“Yeah, we did.” he chuckled. “If it wouldn’t be too much trouble, I’d love one. Let me check with Lorenz and see if he wants something. I’ll text you.”

“Okay. I’m leaving now.”

“Thanks, Honor.”

To say Ethan had pulled back may have been an overstatement, but something had changed. Sunday, everything was perfect. We’d made love three times before Ethan went to pick up Carson and a pizza. We’d eaten together, laughed, heard all about Carson’s day, and then he’d kissed me good night and went up to his room. I’m not sure what I’d been expecting but a quick kiss and a goodnight wasn’t it.

As the week had progressed things had become, for a lack of a better word, strange. He was still engaging in small talk, and we ate dinner together. We’d even gone back to my room every night and made love, but it was different. It had lacked the passion and raw need he’d had Sunday. The sex was still great, but it was like mentally he’d checked out. I wasn’t sure what I was supposed to do.

Carson was waiting for me when I arrived at Ethan’s parents’ house. As always, she was bouncing up and down and happy. Lily apologized, explaining they had dinner plans with Levi and Blake. When Lenox came into the living room in a pair of slacks and button down, I noticed again how much Ethan and him looked a like.

“Honor,” Lenox stopped me as Carson and I were headed for the door. “I found this the other day and wanted you to have it.”

Lenox handed me a photo. A group of men all dressed in Army fatigues stood in front of an American flag. I scanned the picture and picked out my father out immediately.

“How did you get this?”

“That’s me,” he pointed to a much younger version of himself. “Levi, Clark, and Jasper.” He moved his finger over the picture pointing out each man.

“Where were you?”

“That’s top secret,” he chuckled. “I thought you’d like it.”

“Yes. Thank you. I only have one picture of my dad.”

“Well, now you have two. I’ll see if I have anything else.”

“Really, Lenox. Thank you.”

“My pleasure. You beautiful ladies have a nice evening.”

Without thought, I moved toward him and hugged him as tightly as I could. Much to my surprise, he hugged me back. Carson tugging on my hand, eager to get going, ended the embrace, but not before Lenox graced me with a smile. Holy hotness, it was easy to see where Ethan had inherited his grin. Lily was a beauty and had contributed to some of Ethan’s good looks, but he was his father’s son.