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"Sorry, I’ht"
"I was totally joking"
Intrigued by the idea, I sat up and leaned back against the plush headboard "I know you were, but I’ve been really tired lately Not to !" I co !" I said forcefully "Co tissue coo to bed to stop thinking about it"
Melissa laughed hysterically on the other end of the line I wanted to reach through the phone and snant"
"Meli, I have to go I’ll call you back" I hung up before she could respond and forced store of sonancy tests Unless the hotel sold the I wanted was to run into a player’s wife or girlfriend while I was buying so like that
Like an idiot, I talked to h to let me find a store And then I proot back to the hotel rooht if it wanted I really needed to be able to find a store, buy so it
Luck was definitely on ht across the street fronancy test before, so was surprised to find an entire aisle filled with shelves of theht then and there that there was definitely such a thing as too ns, pink or blue, one line or two, yes or no, results before your first missed period or after, and more My head spun and I had no idea which one was the best to buy So I purchased four
I raced back to the hotel, nancy tests stuffed into a paper bag Closing the door behind me, I removed the first box I read the directions twice before atte on the daers I wondered what kind of woman could control the direction of her pee the way the directions seearea and found iveback into the bathrooon the proper part of the stick instead of my hands, I set the test on top of the sink counter and poured the rest of the tests out of the bag They all informed me that they weren’t one hundred percent accurate, so I should taketo a doctor for final confirmation
Cell phone in hand, I stared at it, willing the er, I wandered back into the bathroo as I watched The firstdarkened and two lines appeared It stated on the test that one line nant and two linesabout a faint line What did a barely there second line mean?
I scanned the directions and focused on the Frequently Asked Questions It stated that the appearance of a second line nant, no nant
Not willing to trust the one test, I took two more All three yielded the saosh I couldn’t wait to tell Jack He’d wanted to knock e to call Melissa back and tell her, dying to share my neith my best friend But Jack deserved to be the first person to know
I laughed out loud when I realized why I’d been such a crazy freak lately Thank heaven I had a reason for nant
With a baby
In my belly
Holy shit
What if I turn out to be a crappyI am?
I hid the tests in the closet and fell asleep waiting for Jack to co me half to death
"Sorry, Kitten! My hands are full, that’s why I kicked the living shit out of the door here" Jack appeared, his ars
"What is all that?"
"I got you ginger ale for your stomach, plus a bunch of other stuff in case you don’t feel well And then I got you a bunch of munchies and snacks in case you do Do you feel better?"
"Much Hoas the garinned "We won"
"Did you throw?"
"Not until to atweird"
Jack couldn’t possibly know anything I wasn’t acting weird; I was acting just like I always act
Forcing an innocent look onweird?"
"You have this look on your face And your eyes …"
"What about them?"
He ran his thu, but they want to share," he said as he lifted his eyebrows at ic I knew it
About to burst with exciteer "I don’t kno you knew that, but I do have so well earlier" I pulled him toward the closet "The reason’s in there"
"Is there a guy in the closet?" He stepped back, his hands balling into fists "There better not be a fucking guy in this closet"
"What? No? I just hid so in here" I rolled the door open and pulled one of the tests down fro the washcloth from around it, I presented it to Jack like a croel on a display pillow