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He was going to be a father. He was going to have a child. And while it wasn’t with the woman he’d thought he’d end up with, he was still going to have one. They would be a family.
The possessiveness shifted, became certain and sure, making Finn realize that he had strong feelings about what that family would look like.
His own mother had died when he was young, his father passing off his responsibilities to his two sons immediately after her death, which had made for a difficult childhood. His father had spent more time and money in the pub than he had at home, and sometimes Chase had been forced to beg Bill for food when they’d been kids because their father had forgotten to buy any.
Finn didn’t want that for any kid of his. He didn’t want to put a child through having to bring themselves up because their parents were gone, either physically or emotionally. Nope. No way in hell that was happening, not if he had anything to do with it.
He’d be there for them, and he wanted Beth to be there for them too.
They both would be.
So no, he would not take it down a notch.
Finn stared at her, debating whether to let her know what his line in the sand was now or to wait for a better time. He was in favor of now, but since she still looked pale and the conversation they were having was a difficult one anyway, he probably didn’t need to make things worse by insisting on something she’d need time to come to terms with.
He’d pick his battles and right now wasn’t the time for one.
So all he said was “Okay. We’ll talk about it later. The most important thing is getting that test done, so we know what’s happening.”
Beth’s green eyes narrowed, obviously picking up on the fact that she was being placated. “What do you mean we’ll talk about it later? What if I want to talk about it now?”
Finn opened his mouth to tell her that they would not be talking about it now, not when she was still looking so pale, when he heard a car pulling into the gravel turnaround outside. Karl gave an excited-sounding yip in greeting.
Car doors slammed, then the front door opened.
“I know you didn’t want a ride,” Levi’s voice drifted down the hallway. “So if you didn’t want a ride, why did you get into my truck? Oh hey, Karl. How are you doing, boy?”
In hindsight, it was lucky Indigo appeared in the hall outside the living room doorway because it was obvious Beth wasn’t going to let the whole moving-in thing slide, no matter how unwell she was feeling. And if she’d kept on at him about it, things would have no doubt degenerated into an argument.
So he let it go as Beth glanced at Indigo, who’d turned to glare at someone coming through the front door.
No, not “someone.” Levi.
“I got into your truck because you’d have driven alongside me all the way up to the farmhouse,” Indigo snapped. “And quite frankly, I wanted to get rid of you as quickly as possible.”
“That’s not true.” Levi’s tall figure came into view, an excited Karl nosing at his hand for a scratch. “I wouldn’t have driven alongside you. I would have driven behind you, keeping a respectful distance.”
Indigo looked like she was going to reply, then obviously aware of the fact that Finn and Beth were staring at her and Levi through the doorway, she shut her mouth, glancing at them and blushing.
“Oh,” she muttered. “You’re both here.” Throwing Levi a dark look, she came into the room, her expression clearing as she approached the couch where Beth sat. “Hey, are you okay? Migraine gone?”
Beth gave her friend her usual “I’m okay” smile, the one Finn had always thought was fake as hell and still was as far as he could see. “Yeah, it’s getting better.”
Indigo frowned; she wasn’t fooled by Beth’s smile either. Then that frown deepened into yet another scowl as Levi strolled in behind her, Karl frisking happily at his heels.
“Hey, you two,” Levi said casually. “Indy was telling me you’re not well, Beth.”
“Oh my God,” Indigo muttered. “My name isnotIndy.”
“Sorry, Indigo, I mean.” Levi lounged against the arm of the couch, looking very pleased with himself. “My bad.”
That there was something going on between Indigo and Levi, and had been ever since Indigo, Beth, and Izzy had arrived in Brightwater Valley, was obvious. Levi could be a pest sometimes, because there was nothing he liked more than winding people up. But he always backed off when people asked him to, especially when it came to women.
But for some reason, he couldn’t seem to leave Indigo alone, and while she was, on the surface, grumpy as hell with him, she nevertheless always seemed to be around him. Finn was certain she even put herself purposefully in his way.
Finn wasn’t sure what was up with the two of them and he really wasn’t interested, but it was good timing Levi was here, since he and Beth were planning on hitching a ride with him tomorrow.
“You still doing a pickup tomorrow?” Finn asked him as Indigo fussed around Beth.
