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“Fifty-fifty,” I grinned.
“But look at us, Atlas. We argue over everything.”
“That’s what people do when they’re opposites.”
“I thought opposites attracted.”
“We’re attracted to each other,” I said. I pointed to her pregnant stomach. “Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. If you failed to forget, love, we skipped a whole bunch of steps in a normal relationship.”
“Now we’re in a relationship?”
“We’re going to be parents.”
“That’s it? We’re just parents?”
“You tell me.”
“It’s up to me to decide, huh? Like I don’t have enough going on in my life?”
Hazel pointed to her stomach and shook her head.
“Are you going to take everything I say and twist it around?” I asked.
“Are you going to say horrible mean things?”
“Hazel…”
“Just forget it,” she said. “Thank you for being here, Atlas. I will text you the next appointment. I’ll make sure you’re included, okay? And I meant what I said about the envelope. You should open it if you want to know.”
Hazel walked to her car.
I stood there almost shocked.
Really trying to figure this woman out.
Definitely scared. Completely defensive.
Doing anything to give me the opportunity to walk away and stay away and say that I at least showed up and tried.
I’d never abandon my child though.
Hazel got into her car and I heard an odd clicking noise and then nothing.
Panic swept across her face.
She looked down and I assumed she was turning the key again.
Nothing happened.
Her hands gripped the top of the steering wheel.
She placed her head to her hands, but only for a second.
She lifted her head and it was like she became someone else.
She began to smack and punch the steering wheel.
Thrashing her fists all over the inside of the car.
