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“Cut to the chase and spit it out, Jessa. I have shit to do that doesn’t involve your manipulative games.”
“Manipulative games?” She snorts. “I’m manipulative? You’re the one worried about amarriedwoman. I see your type hasn’t changed.”
“I had no idea you were in a relationship when we fucked,” I seethe. “You and Pete were off and on as much as you changed your panties.” I clench my jaw. “Now, for the umpteenth time, why are you here?”
“There’s something I’ve been hiding from you.”
“Tell me what thissomethingis.”
“You have a child,” she blurts out.
I explode in laughter. “Good one. Did Devin put you up to this?”
“It’s true.” She shakes her head and pinches her lips together. “I got pregnant when we were sleeping together.”
I rub the back of my neck. “Bullshit. I always wrapped up.” Sierra is the only woman I’ve gone raw in.
She continues shaking her head while firing back her argument that I’m her baby daddy.“Tom Petty concert. The backseat of your car.”
My mind scrambles back to that night.
Broken condom.Shit.
She promised she was on the pill.
“I got pregnant.” She rocks back on her heels. “By the time I found out, I was back with Pete.”
I hold my hand up, swallowing loud, and sink into a chair at the kitchen table, growing light-headed. “I’m so fucking lost right now.”
She takes the seat across from me. “Pete would’ve left me if I was pregnant with another man’s baby, so I told him she was his. Our relationship was solid, and I knew a relationship with you was off the table because you’re … well,you.”
“Jump to the part where I have a child,” I grind out. “And why I’m just now finding out.”
She slightly lifts her chin. “She’s six years old. Pete’s mother has never been a fan of mine and always questioned the paternity of Molly. She took it upon herself to swab my daughter’s cheek and send it to one of those stupid mail-in labs. Pete found out the truth and filed for divorce. Now, I’m back in Blue Beech, and you deserve to know the truth.”
“Oh,afterPete left you, I deserve the truth. How fucking convenient is that?”
“I’m telling the truth, Maliki!”
“You’ve always been a liar, Jessa.”
“I swear, I’m not lying.”
“Just because she’s not Pete’s doesn’t mean she’s mine. Who knows how many men you slept with behind our backs?”
“She’s yours. One hundred percent. You might think I’m a vindictive bitch, but I love my daughter.”
I grind my teeth and keep an eye on the door, as if I’m waiting for Sierra to walk into this mess. “If you loved her so much, you would’ve told me years ago, so she wouldn’t be fatherless.”
“She had a father. Pete. You and Pete were the only men I slept with,andI was only screwing you during the time. Believe me, I knew you’d treat me like this and still told you.”
“I want a paternity test,” I bite out.
“That’s no problem.”
Her answer falls from her lips in seconds, shocking me.
Maybe she is telling the truth.
