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I pick up the phone and answer the call before the nerves get to me.
“Hello?”
“Carli? Oh my gosh! You’re alive?”
“Yeah.” I can’t help but giggle.
“Jesus, we were so worried about you. Then I saw your number changed and knew you wanted to stay hidden, but girl I need to know if you’re okay.”
“I’m okay.” I smile at her voice and sit back on the chair. “I didn't expect you to call.”
Danika sighs. “I know. I’m so sorry, Carli. I wanted to come talk to you so badly, but with Jace’s reaction and everything with Devon, I was scared to. It was too early to tell him he was being an asshole for throwing you out.”
“Yet he did.”
“He regrets it. He’s been looking for you, Carli. And he’s going crazy because he can’t find you.”
I shake my head, tears forming in the corners of my eyes. “I was right in front of him, begging for him to listen to my explanation, and he told me to never come back. Now he wants to see me?” I scoff. “Did you tell him anything?”
“No,” Danika replies softly. “He had to think about it by himself. I never thought he would act like that…but it seems like he’s gotten back to his senses.”
“He can’t just come and go as he pleases. I won’t let him do that to my child.”
“I think it’s all a big misunderstanding. Devon fucked with you two big time and we all see how much of a dick he is. Seriously, if I could castrate that fucker right now, I would.”
I laugh. “I thought you were mad at me too, Danika.”
“If anyone’s mad at someone, you should be mad at me for not checking on you sooner. I’m sorry.”
“No,” I shake my head, sighing. “I understand you had to choose your pack and Alpha before anyone else.”
“Not now, though. I’m choosing the right thing. And that’s for you to come back home.”
“I’ll think about it.”
I’m lying. I refuse to go running back to Jace after he shows me the slightest hint of effort. No, he needs to realize he hurt me big time. I want him on his knees, begging me to forgive him, and promising that he’ll never abandon our child on a whim.
“I miss you,” she confesses.
“I miss you too.” I swallow a sob.
“Is it too much to ask to keep in touch? I promise I won’t tell anyone anything.”
“How about I call you after my shift tomorrow? I’ll fill you in on everything?”
“That’ll be awesome.” I hear Danika’s grin on the other end and I lean back and smile.
We hang up after an hour, promising to talk again soon. Exhaustion hits me shortly after, and I get ready for bed.
My routine is slow and lethargic, the day’s events catching up to me. I prop my feet up on several pillows, careful of them swelling up like they usually do, and I press my earbuds in, listening to music. It’s the only thing that calms me down, lulling me to sleep.
Yet, even while listening to tunes, I think of why Jace might be looking for me now after days of proving he doesn't care. What changed? It can’t be that he had a sudden change of mind. He looked so disgusted when I told him I was pregnant with his child. How can someone feel so differently about that suddenly? He should have been excited about it from the beginning. He shouldn’t have given up on our love, and doubted me so much.
I feel a flicker of hope in my chest.
After all this, I love him enough to hope…am I the stupid one?
Chapter6
