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Happiness is too weak of a word for the sensation of seeing her in front of me. I've never missed anyone in my life as I've missed her. Even when I didn't want to accept it, when I still believed she had played me.
White-hot rage for having kept this from me. She ran away with my baby and hasn't bothered reaching out at all to give me the news.
"When did you plan on telling me?" I'm seething, and I can't fully pinpoint why. Do I want to be a father? I'm fucking twenty-one years old. Ilegallystarted drinking less than a year ago. I'm in college. We're not in a relationship. She lied to me about who she was. No, she never lied, but she also didn't tell me the truth.
"I found out the day Gray came back. I was going to tell you—" she starts, not meeting my eyes.
"Gray? You mean your father." Well, that escalated quickly. I guess we are doing this now.
"Gray is my father. But he hasn't been my dad since I buried him when I was seven." Her voice has dropped to an icy level. I hit a nerve.
I let myself fall on the couch and hang my head. I have no clue what to do.
"I came to get Echo. You told me you love me."
I can't look at her.
"Get your dog and go." I need space, need to think.
I hold my breath to see what she does next. I want her to wrap her arms around me and leave my house at the same time.
Footsteps indicate that she does the latter.
"Echo, heel!" Her command comes from somewhere down the hall, butherdog follows immediately.
I guess her loyalty lies with King, after all.
I stayin the media room until Kai stumbles past the door, then backtracks.
"Uh, bro, why are you in here?" He peers around. "And where is Echo?" He scratches his naked chest, and something inside of me flips. I need to get out. I jump up and push past my roommate.
Where are my phone and my wallet? And maybe a hoodie, since it's still the fucking dead of winter in Montana. Two minutes later, I shove my feet in my boots next to the door leading into the garage. I'm down the stairs before Kai makes it two steps.
Where the hell am I going? King is probably at Mags's. No, I'm not ready to see her again. Den is not in town yet. The wedding is not until the fifteenth, another week. That leaves only…
I hammer at the door of their rental house. Well, house is putting it lightly since you could fit half the population of Stonebriar in this monstrosity.
"Open up, fucker! I know you're awake!" I shout as I bang on the door.
Technically, I don't, but whatever. The door swings inward and reveals Rhys in all his sweaty glory.
See, I knew he was up.
He lifts his eyebrows as I shoulder past him. Lilly comes down the stairs while Marcus appears from somewhere farther back in the house.
"Wes, what's—" Lilly starts at the bottom step.
"I'm having a baby!" I blurt out.
Rhys thins his lips, and I take in Lilly. "You knew." I'm not asking.
She lifts her chin, and I'm almost proud of her for standing up to me—almost. The pissed-off asshole in me feels blindsided once more.
"I knew, yes," she declares steadily.
"Babe." Rhys's tone holds a warning, and I round on him.
"Did you?" I swear to God, if he kept this from me, our friendship is officially over.
