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"I see" Caitlyn said with a nod "She’s just a toy that you used to get your rocks off Kind of like me"

Owen shook his head "No It was different with you I like you"

"You don’t likesobs

Owen squeezed his eyes shut He’d ht not be carrying his child He needed to sit down Or lie down Or drown himself in a toilet

"I’m out of here," Caitlyn said

He watched her e thirty seconds later with her purse and overnight bag It was as if his feet had taken root and his mouth had been sewn shut When Caitlyn brushed past hiest fear slah he hadn’t quite processed that yet, but rejection She was flat out rejecting hi stand it

Her eyes narrowed, and she gave hiaping chasaze when she looked at hioing to do with her?"

Owen glanced over at Lindsey, who blew her nose on a tissue offered by the concerned security guard The guy glared at Owen, his

Oh yeah, I’ out," Owen said to Caitlyn "It’s probably not evenwho else she spread her legs for"

Caitlyn rolled her eyes and jerked her ar liars And you’re the king of them, aren’t you?"

"I asked you not to callWhat did she expect him to do? He wanted her to stay, but if she trusted the word of a sobbing, pregnant, twenty-year-old groupie over his, then oodbye now

"Goodbye, Owen"

He flinched Nope It wasn’t for the best at all "I’ll call you," he said, glad they’d exchanged numbers at dinner, before his life had exploded into chaos "Once I get this straightened out"

She tossed a hand up over her head as she stormed away Did that mean not to bother or that she’d talk to hiure for a moment before he started after her "Wait, Caitlyn I’ll have the liht noen; I’ll figure out how to get hoirl needs your help Go take care of her"

But he didn’t want her He wanted Caitlyn

"Fuck my life," he said under his breath and spun on his heel so he didn’t have to watch Caitlyn walk away He was sure she’d find a way hoent woman Those were the qualities he adirl? He wanted a woman And not just any wo rid of her," Lindsey said "She wasme feel aard"

If she’d been a dude, he would have decked her "I didn’t get rid of her You got rid of her Nohat are you doing here and why do you think I’m the father of your baby? We used protection"

"It isn’t one hundred percent foolproof And I know you’re the father because I hadn’t had sex with anyone for weeks before I ith you and I haven’t been with anyone since"