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“Christian, you’re an OB-GYN.” She smirked. “You know how babies are made.”
“Kinley, don’t tease me. When did this happen?”
“The night you came over. I’m not really sure which one of those times it was, considering you were inside me most of the night, but it was definitely that night.”
“Are you sure? How long have you known?”
“I found out this morning when your sister came over and we just started talking. She asked how I was doing, and I told her I felt horrible. I was tired all the time, no appetite, I felt like I was coming down with maybe the flu or something since I’d been sick for the past couple of days.”
“Sick?”
“Yeah, I was throwing up, but I thought it was from stress or that I was coming down with something. I didn’t have a fever. Maybe it was something I ate. When I was telling her all this, she looked at me like I’d suddenly grown five heads, and then out of nowhere she poked my chest, and I yelped.”
My eyes widened, dumbfounded by what she was sharing.
“She asked if I’d taken a pregnancy test, and I laughed, telling her I wasn’t pregnant. Well, you know your sister, she doesn’t take no for an answer. I thought she was crazy to even think I was pregnant, but I still had several tests leftover from when we were trying, so I appeased her and took it for her. The second I peed on it, there was a bright pink line. I thought I was imagining it at first, wanting to see that line for so many years now. But when I showed it to Autumn, she immediately started crying. I swear I drank like a gallon of water and peed on ten more.” She opened her purse, showing me the tests. “They’re all positive.”
Silence.
“Christian, did you hear what I said?”
I nodded.
“Are you okay?”
I nodded again.
“You don’t look like you’re okay.”
I held my finger up in the air. “I’m just trying to process all this.”
“I know. I can’t believe it either. I’m pregnant!”
I opened my mouth to reply, but nothing came out.
“This is just insane, right? Like of all the times to be pregnant, and find out about it, today of all days? It’s crazy. I can barely believe it.”
“Kinley, I need to check you out.”
“Why? You think it’s a mistak—”
“I just need to make sure everything is okay. We can stop by my office on the way home.”
“Home?”
I looked around the courthouse, remembering where we were. “Fuck.”
Neither one of us said anything for what felt like forever until my lawyer approached us.
“We’re up next,” he informed, and it was like an atomic bomb was dropped on my head.
“We’re going to need a minute,” I relayed.
“Yes, take your time.”
As soon as he walked away, Kinley stated, “Christian—”
I cut her off. “If you tell me you still want to go through with this divorce, I will have no choice but to throw you over my shoulder and carry you out of here kicking and screaming.”
