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Muscles, nerves… just… everything.
I took a deep breath and focused on the front door to Charles’s beach house.
“I can do it,” I whispered.
And I did do it.
I knocked on the door and Charles answered.
He smiled ear to ear.
“I was just thinking about you,” he said.
“Good or bad?”
“Good. I can’t believe we parted ways without exchanging phone numbers.”
“I thought the same,” I said. “How’s your heart?”
“My heart?”
“You had an appointment…”
“Oh, right,” Charles laughed. “I wasn’t sure if you meant literally or in a romantic sense.” He ushered me into his house. “My heart is just fine. Ticking like normal.”
“What about the other part?” I asked. “The romantic part.”
“Heartbroken,” he said without hesitation. “Can I get you something to drink?”
“Vodka?” I asked.
“Water,” he said.
“Fine.”
Charles got me a bottle of water.
He glanced down at my stomach.
“You look beautiful,” he said.
“I feel huge.”
“Pregnancy is a miracle.”
“Don’t give me that,” I said. “We’re here to talk about the obvious and it’s not me being pregnant.”
“What do you want to know? I’ll tell you anything.”
“Good. You said she talked about me.”
“You were her world.”
“Why didn’t I know about you?”
Charles nodded. “That’s a tough one. We loved what we had. Your grandmother was the greatest love I ever had.”
“But why keep it a secret like this? Didn’t you want a life with her?”
