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"I’ll have to," I replied I tookloudly as several texts froh Reid had called ed from:

Where are you? to Answer your phone, please!

His last one read, I’m sorry, please talk to me

As much as I wanted to speak to him, tell him the news, I just wasn’t ready I needed some time

"What do you think daddy will say?" I asked Mydriveway, and stopped in front of the garage She shut the car off, and twisted in her seat to face ering her car keys "But you knoill support you, Jade"

She looked down, and I heard her sniffle

"Are you okay, mama?"

"Si," she replied "I’m just very sorry that your father and I have been too busy to see that you were going through sos"

It was uilt because she was right Her andand supportive, had been very absent I was going to need them now, and I was afraid they wouldn’t be there

My phone rang and when I looked at the screen I saw Reid’s na, but it was too soon I switched it to silent, and just allowed it to go to voice to call your father, so that we can discuss everything"

I simply nodded, climbed out of the car and followed my mother inside I made us both some tea, and waited at the breakfast bar in the kitchen while she phoned my father

"You need to co roo uir su culo en un puto avión ahoraplane right now and co at my lips My ry with hiain, he should have after twenty-five years of e They were polar opposites in every way – ht hair, and my mother with her short-ish frame, olive skin, dark hair and a fiery disposition like h, they worked My father adored my mother, and he’d instilled in me the desire to experience that, to have a man carry me on his hands the way my father did my mother I wanted that, but I wanted it with Reid, and I was so sure I’d done everything possible to fuck it up

I restedto change Again And I knew Reid and I had to sit down and talk I couldn’t keep this from him

"Your father is on his way"

My head snapped up, and h "I’ to cancel the rest of my appointments this week," she continued "Then - "

"No mama," I cut her off "That won’t be necessary I’ll be fine here on ain"

"But I can’t leave you, not now"

I pushed away from the breakfast bar, and stood next to my mother "It’s fine, really You can’t cancel all your trips this week for ave in, if a little reluctantly "Fine, but I’ back as of May You can come and stay here for the holidays where I can look after you We can convert the adjoining bedroom next to yours into a nursery"

The look onto ive the baby up for adoption?" I asked

My ap between us, and wrapped her arree that you are a little young, and you will finish school after the baby co"

My throat constricted I’d had so many concerns about what happened next, and my mother had laid theure it all out," she added, kissingto worry about"