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“Your cervix is a little thin, but nothing uncommon,” she said.
I didn’t know what a thin cervix meant and I didn’t want to know, so I just nodded.
She took some blood. “It’s going to take a couple of hours for the results to be back,” she told me.
“Great,” I mumbled, and got the hell out of there, paying my co-pay at the receptionist window.
“What is it? What’d they say?” Addie asked excitedly.
I glared at her. “It seems like you want this to be a thing.”
“Well, being an aunt...”
“It’s not a thing!” I said, and Addie flinched. I sighed. “I’m sorry. I’m just a little on edge. I think I need some alone time to process.”
She nodded and hugged me. “I understand. Call me when you get the results, okay?”
I smiled. “Of course.”
It was going to be negative. Of course it was going to be negative. Ithadto be negative.
Addie dropped me back off at home but I couldn’t just stay there, pacing all around my house and worrying that I was going to end up a single mom.
I walked to a local coffee shop down the road, needing to clear my head.
All I could think about was Adam.
He hadn’t wanted me. He told me that he wanted to break things off, that he didn’t want to hurt me. What he didn’t know was that by not trying to hurt me hurt so much more.
But it didn’t matter. I was going to get over Adam Lanphier, and I didn’t have anything to worry about. It would be negative.
It had to be. And if it wasn’t, well, I would figure it out.
At the coffee shop, I ordered a latte and sat down, looking out the window. It seemed like every kid in town was out, bicycling or walking by the shop.
A boy, probably about four, peered at me with a big smile as his mother carried him inside. I smiled back but then looked away.
I loved children. I really did. But I wasn’t ready for any of my own. Not without a husband who would support me and my kid.
I knew that Adam was a great father, from all the times I’d seen him interacting with Colin. But I didn’t think he ever wanted to be a husband.
He seemed to have some serious commitment issues.
As I continued to watch people walk by the window, I saw a familiar build out of the corner of my eye and paled, thinking it might be Adam.
The door to the coffee shop opened, and when I looked up, Adam was walking in with Colin.
I wondered if there was a back entrance. I turned and ducked my head, hoping that they wouldn’t see me.
Of course, Colin spotted me right away, running over to my table.
“Katie!” he exclaimed, and I smiled weakly at him. He cocked his head. “Are you okay, Katie?”
“I’m fine,” I said, plastering on a fake smile and hugging him.
Adam cleared his throat. I hated that sound. He seemed to only do it when he was pushing me away.
“Let’s leave Miss Katie alone, kiddo. We gotta go get your cake pop.”
