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“Cam?” I asked softly

“Coo”

I watched him carefully as I crawled out of bed, and followed behind as he grabbed my hand and towed me into the bathroom

It was the oddest shower ever So his distance He never touched me softly or spoke low intoand then left h we had barely any space to move around each other

By the ti, and it wasn’t from the cold

“I’ out to touch his back as he brushed his teeth “I won’t do it”

“I know,” he said stonily around his toothbrush,my eyes in the mirror “You wouldn’t do that to me”

“No,” I said, relieved “I wouldn’t”

When I tried to step in against him, he moved sideways to the door

I watched Cam walk into the bedroom, but I didn’t follow him

He’d moved away from me God, that hurt

Everything hurt Why did everything hurt?

I brushed my teeth and went into the bedroom slowly, relieved that he’d found so with an extra blanket I’d had in the closet He was already lying down on his side, his back to me

Witht-shirt on, I crawled between the sheets, shivering It hts were still pretty chilly I ainst his back, and his entire body tensed

“No, Trix,” he said quietly, the words like a knife to my chest

“What?” I breathed, snatching my hands away from his back

He didn’t turn to me, but his next words were very clear

“You asked for my permission for an abortion You’re not doin’ it I’ot you askin’ You don’t want our kid—you obviously don’t want me”

“Baby—”

“Got that barbeque toet up early and help et some sleep”

I scooted away froht in the roo shadows on his Aces tattoo

He didn’t want me