AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“Maybe you’re right. I just wasn’t expecting this. This wasn’t in my plans.” I crumble down in tears again.
“Come on,” he stands. “Let’s get out here and get some lunch in you.”
He offers me his hand as a haven for a direction still unknown. And I take it, scared but not alone.
Chapter Thirty
HARVEY
Ididn’tthinkanythingcould distract me from the fact that we are about to play for the Stanley Cup, but finding out I’m going to be a father is a hell of a distraction.
It’s a lot to take in and I barely have time to process any of it.
The team goes into training camp tomorrow, and I’ll have to leave Elsa alone while I’m there, and that is the last thing I want to do.
The womancan’t stop crying.I’m exerting my patience to the limit, but for this sort of thing, there’s only one person I can rely on.
“Mom!” I waited until Elsa was taking a bath to video call her. “How’s it going?”
“Fine and dandy, darling, how about you? Are you excited to start playing? Your father and I will be glued to the TV!” she says with a big smile.
“Doing great and absolutely! By the way, I have good news!”
“Oh, tell me!” she widens her eyes and brings her face even closer to the screen.
“Guess who’s going to be a grandma again?” I say, trying to be funny.
She thinks for a second, and it’s hilarious to witness the cogs in her head turning. “I don’t know, I mean… Oh! Me?”
“Yes!” I shout, full of energy.
“Yay!” she tilts her head back, delighted to hear my words. “Wait… Is it from Kiera or you?”
“Me, mom!” I tell her once and for all. “Elsa and I are in California, and we just found out.”
“Oh my God, son, congratulations! Thank goodness you are both engaged!” she says, tears in her eyes.
My heart drops a little. I still haven’t told my parents the truth about us, but it will have to wait until the Stanley Cup is done and I’m face to face with them.
I cough, “Yeah, and mom…”
Now my mood turns darker; I scratch my chin and falter in my words. “I need to ask you a question about it.”
Mom blinks and says, “Shoot, Harvey!”
“Is it normal for Elsa to be non-stop crying? I mean, she’s been like that ever since we received the news. She’s not accepting it very well.”
“I take it was a surprise?” mom says.
“Yeah, you take it correctly,” I say, bobbing my head.
“Um…” she puts a hand on her chin, pensive. “It’s going to grow on her, darling… Just be by her side, love her, and it will all come together.”
“I guess you’re right,” now I’m the one holding my chin. “Should I do something special for her?”
“Oh!” she laughs, “Something special is always nice! But anyway, your father is coming in, wanna talk to him?”
“Nah, leave the old man alone,” I say. “Thank you, mom. You’re the best.”
