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“How about when she promised to love me forever or when she promised that Cord would one day hold her child?”
“That’s not fair Joel; she didn’t know that she wouldn’t be able to have kids when she said that,” he countered.
“Fine, but tell me one thing, why would she suddenly fly all the way to Maine? She couldn’t stay long enough to pick up her dog…wait she didn’t pick up Maggie, did she?” he asked as a smile spread across his face.
“I didn’t see her in the chopper,” Neal stated.
“She wouldn’t run out on Maggie,” Cord said with a sigh of relief. “She treats that dog like a child.”
“Then we need to see if she’s still here,” Joel stated pulling away. He drove as fast as he could and gave a shout of joy when the dog bounded down the stairs towards him. “Paige wouldn’t leave you, would she?”
The dog licked his face then put her front paws on his chest as though she were hugging him.
“So, what would cause Paige to fly out of here with only that cryptic message? Huh girl? What the hell is going on?”
“Talking to a dog?” Sam laughed as he and Cord pulled up behind him. “You should check your phone.”
He pushed the dog down and grabbed his phone.
Joel, no need to panic. I’ll be back in a few days. We need to talk. Seriously talk ~ Paige.
“You get one?” Cord asked seeing his face blank.
“I got a bit. No need to panic and we need to talk is what it amounts to. Still think there’s nothing up?”
“You don’t think she flew back to Maine to marry that doctor, do you?” Sam stated.
“Not a chance,” Cord laughed.
“I don’t think she went there for Aaron,” Joel said still looking at his phone.
“Then why’d she go?” Sam questioned.
“I don’t know and that’s what worries me,” he sighed. Why would Paige run off like this? She had gone shopping and bought new clothes a few days after they’d gotten back from California instead of going to Maine and packing a suitcase. There was something strange going on and he wondered what it was and when she’d be back.
Chapter 22
“I’m sorry but can you repeat that,” Paige said sure she’d misheard yet again. She hadn’t paid much attention at her doctor’s appointment after hearing that her house had been broken into and that the police weren’t sure what if anything had been taken.
“You’re pregnant,” Matt stated, and she was positive that the line had gotten crossed or else they had the wrong file.
“That’s impossible.”
“You’re telling me you haven’t had sex?” he asked amused.
“I knowhowbabies are made Matt, butIcan’t have any.”
“I know you thought that, but it was obviously wrong. The bloodwork is conclusive, you’re pregnant Paige.”
“No, I heard the doctor clearly, she said I can’t have kids.”
“I think you should go back to them and see what they say now. I know you were distracted after getting that call but I’m saying it loud and clear, you are pregnant.”
She hung up the phone dazed and completely confused. She checked the missed calls seeing Joel’s name there made her suck in a deep breath as dizziness rolled over her. She dropped the phone as it began to buzz. Neal’s name appeared on the screen, and she shook her head. She couldn’t talk to them now.
Her father called as did her brother and she knew they were worried. She sent them texts but trying to figure out what to say to Joel wasn’t easy. She couldn’t tell him what Matt had said…what if it was all a mistake? There were such things as false positives even with bloodwork weren’t there?
She glanced at the clock and decided to call her old doctor, maybe she could squeeze her in somehow. A cancellation made not ten minutes before she called got her in at ten the next morning and a quick call to Caleb assured her, he’d get her there. Now all she had to do was make it through the night without going completely nuts.
