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"What about Shade? Ada any bells? I wasn’t the only one who had sex with you that night"

The security guard no longer looked concerned He looked slightly scandalized and very intrigued

Tears flooded her eyes "But I want it to be yours"

"Shit, that doesn’tway from Idaho"

"I lost my job and my parents disowned me The entire town turned its back on o"

"What about your friend, the one ith you on the tour bus? What was her name?"

"Vanessa?"

"Yeah I’m sure she’d help you out"

Lindsey shook her head "She joined the aret away froht now Don’t you think it was hard forto raise him on my own, but I don’t have any ain

Orapped his ar eet this sorted out Don’t worry"

So he held the wonant with his child, a woman he had no interest in on an emotional level, while the woman he really wanted had left, perhaps forever Why did he have to be so fking weak to a woman’s tears?

"I know it’s your baby, Owen When I feel him move inside me, I know he’s your son" Lindsey’s sobs increased without provocation "Oh God, I love our baby so much"

Every hair on Owen’s body stood on end No Just no He was in no way ready to be a father and certainly didn’t want to have a baby with a woman he didn’t love "You can’t know that it’s ht What makes you so sure I’m the father?"

Her sob fest

"You hate me, don’t you? I should just kill--"

He took her by both arms and shook her "Don’t finish that sentence Even if it isn’tto toss you out in the street Coure out what to do with you" He really wished Kelly’s calure out what to do As it was, Owen couldn’t think What he really wanted was to push Lindsey aside and go after Caitlyn Not that he expected Caitlyn to ever speak to hiain after what she’d just witnessed He rubbed the center of his chest, took Lindsey by the elbow, and helped her ascend the steep steps of the tour bus Adahter died as their eyes settled on Oith Lindsey in tow

"What happened to your other chick?" Shade asked

"She, uh, had to go We have a little situation here," Owen said

"I renition on his lean face "Christmas Eve We all…" His eyes widened as they settled on her distended abdomen