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"I don't know."
She glances back down at the newspaper.
"You have been fucking her, haven't you?"
I don't say anything, but my silence is all the confirmation she needs.
"How could you?" she whispers. Her voice is low and my heart shatters.
She drops the newspaper on the desk with a shaky hand and turns to leave, tears pricking at her eyes.
"Kaitlyn, wait."
"I hope you know what you're doing," she says without turning around. Then, she walks out, leaving me alone again with her mother.
Fuck.
"You're quite the piece of work, aren't you, Hunter?" she sneers, crossing her arms over her chest.
"I'm not in the mood for this, Christy."
"Oh, I'm sure you're not. But you sure seem to be in the mood to sleep with your daughter's best friend!"
"Christy, it's none of your business."
"She's my daughter, Hunter! How can you say it's not my business?"
"That's between me and Kaitlyn. Not you," I fire back, standing my ground.
"You've caused enough damage, Hunter. Don't you dare drag our daughter into this mess," she warns, pointing a finger at me.
"Kaitlyn is an adult. And unlike you, she has enough sense to hear all sides of a story before jumping to conclusions," I snap back, my patience finally wearing thin. "Now, if you don't mind, I have a lot of things to sort out."
With a final glare, Christy storms out, leaving me alone once again in my office. The weight of the day's revelations sinking me further into my chair.
Silence descends on the room once more and I'm left to deal with the mess of emotions raging inside me.
I've always been so sure of myself, so confident in my decisions.
But now?
Now I feel like I don't know anything anymore. My thoughts drift back to Maya.
I reach for my phone. I dial Maya's number, her contact photo – an image from a charity event we'd attended together – pops up on the screen.
The phone rings…and rings… and rings.
No answer.
I dial again.
Straight to voicemail.
I hang up.
After a moment of hesitation, I start to type a message, my fingers shaking.
Maya, are you pregnant?
