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“Not sure. If she went to a physician, she must have paid cash. We can’t find any records.”
“Or she did a home test.”
“Possibly,” Josh replied.
“And the boyfriend?”
“Bit of a loser, honestly. David lost his job a few months ago, just before their fight. Then was kicked out of his apartment for not paying rent. He’s got a minimum wage job at a local hardware store but is living off Cindy.”
“So the baby could be his?” Jack surmised.
“If the pregnancy is legit,” Josh said. “Listen, my gut says you need to confront her. Find out what she really wants.”
She wouldn’t answer his fucking questions.
“I’ve tried. She keeps demanding I acknowledge being the father.” Jack groaned, running his hand through his blond hair.
Josh hummed over the line. Then, “This means only one thing. Cindy wants audio proof so she can extort you for money. We’ve ruled out another senate member trying to blackmail you, so it has to be the boyfriend. Do you think she is someone who can be easily coerced?”
Fuck.
Yes. No. Maybe. If so, how the hell did Cindy let this happen? She’d worked for him for years and knew this would destroy her career.
And his.
Had she purposely fucked him so she could do this? Set it up? Or had David discovered she was pregnant and then coerced her into blackmailing him for money?
If so, why hadn’t she asked for it yet?
He wanted to fire her damn ass, but that would look bad if this blew up in his face.
Fuck!
“If they go public, you have a much bigger mess.”
Exactly.
He knew that.
“So, what are you saying?” Jack asked, hearing a hint of an idea in the man’s voice.
“I’m saying you need to make a decision about how you want to deal with this. Time is running out.” Josh explained. “I can send in a team to scare them, but it could backfire. Or you could toss some money their way as we saybooand show them the Your Leaving Washingtonsign.”
Ouch. That was still risky.
“They’d sign a legal document saying they had no grounds to any other claim. And if they go public, we’ll show the payout and agreement. It will show her as a money grabber. We’ll tell her all this.”
But Jack couldn’t just ignore the fact she might be telling the truth and one day give birth to his child.
“Give me a couple of days to think about it,” Jack had replied.
Now Amelia had said those magical three words.
It changed everything.
If Jack was going to marry Amelia, and he was, then he needed to tie up all his loose ends. Well, he only had one, and that was fucking Cindy. The last thing he wanted was Cindy coming back in a year or a child showing up in fifteen years, breaking her heart.
He loved Amelia so damn much and intended to build a life with her. Right now, it felt like he was walking on a tightrope, and his life was about to topple over.
