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“Then what is it?” he asked, his expression darkening. “What happened?”
“I don’t think I’ve got food poisoning,” she said, closing her eyes as she said the words. Everything hung on this. Her entire future. What would he say? What could she expect him to say?
“What do you mean? What else could it be?” he asked, his tone hesitant. She could see his face changing as he seemed to understand.
“Finn, I—I think I’m pregnant.”
He blinked once, then twice, dropping his arms to his sides and staring at her in disbelief. “What do you mean youthink?”
“I mean, I’m late…and I’m nauseous. I haven’t taken a test,” she said quickly. “But, I’m pretty sure I know what it’s going to say.”
“But you’re on the pill,” he argued.
“I know,” she whispered but added nothing else. She’d heard of this happening, but it always seemed so rare.
“Okay.” He ran a hand over his face. “Okay.” He bent down, his hands on his knees, taking deep breaths as he looked around the room with wild eyes. “What do we do?”
“Finn, I—I don’t know if you’re the father.” She spit out the words, feeling ill again as she bent down next to him. “I’m so sorry.”
“What? No.” He shook his head in disbelief. “It’s me, right?” he asked, a new emotion filling his face: sadness. “It has to be me.”
“It should be you,” she said, gripping his hands as fat tears poured down her cheeks. “I hope it’s you. But, technically, it could be either of you.”
“What do you want to do?” he asked, his face pale from shock.
“I—I don’t know. I love you,” she said. “I didn’t think I’d even make it this far into the conversation without breaking down.”
“Do you still want to be with me?” He stood up, pulling her to sit on his lap on the bed.
Her jaw dropped. “Of courseI do, Finn. Of course. I didn’t know if you’d still want to be withme.”
He kissed her, his thumb rubbing away a stray tear on her cheek. “What if it’s mine? What if we have to tell the baby his father is a felon?”
“What if it isn’t and we have to tell the baby the truth about who his father is?” she asked, voicing a very real concern of hers. She held her stomach in fear. “Finn, I’m really, really scared.” She started to cry again. “What am I going to do?”
He held her tightly, rocking her back and forth and kissing her head as his own tears wet her scalp. It was the first time she’d ever seen him cry. The moment certainly warranted it.
When she’d calmed down, he pulled away from her. “Maybe this will help. Are you ready to hear my news?”
“News?” she asked, sniffling and dabbing her eyes.
“From the phone call this morning,” he reminded her. “I was going to wait to tell you, but,” he laughed nervously, “this seems like the right time.”
“Okay…” She was hesitant. Any news about New York was not news she needed at the moment, but she could see the excitement in his face. And at least he wasn’t breaking up with her. Or…was he?
“Grizz gave me a new job. A new team. We’re opening up a new branch in Austin.”
She blinked, shaking her head firmly. The idea was too good to be true. Was he joking? “Austin?”
“Our first project is a house here in Darlington.”
“What?” she asked, her voice powerless. She clutched her hands together, praying what he was saying was true. “Are you serious?”
“We’re building it from the ground up, Blythe. A little house on Dayton Street.”
She took a breath, one hand on her belly, the other on her chest, as she processed what he was telling her. “Finn…”
“I asked around town. Technically, you still own the land, Blythe. I can build it exactly the way you remember it.”
