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When De was back to normal, I took a chance and asked, “You want to tell me what happened?”
She sniffed “Brody found one nant with Jeff’s baby”
I frowned “Why would he think that?”
De co on between us, even after I told him Jeff and I are just friends”
“I guess you finally told him about the baby” It was a statement, and I just needed to confirm it for myself
Her head bobbed up and down “It ful Ihim sooner, I see that now, but I was so scared he’d stay and end up being miserable I couldn’t do that to him It wasn’t fair”
That was De about others before herself It was one of s that endeared me to her so completely
“He’ll come around,” I said, “He just needs some time”
Worry creased her brow “Did you see him?”
“Yeah,” I sighed, “he caht now He’s a mess”
“Oh God,” Demi breathed, “What have I done?”
I wrapped my arht was best for you and your child”
“No,” she retorted with her a shake of her head, “I ran I should’ve told him, Huntley He deserved to know, and now I’m scared it’s too late I can’t help but feel like this is really the end, and I don’t kno to let go of him He’s my true love, ood this time I can feel it”
I couldn’t tell her she rong, because it wouldn’t have been true, and I wasn’t about to give her false hope But what I could do is support her, just like I had before, and help her get through this
“What you need to focus on right now is you, and believe that everything else ork itself out Just give it soo see Dr Hansen again I’d hate for this to derail all the progress you’ve made”
“I will,” she replied softly Her eyes met mine and I understood, better than most people, the kind of despair they reflected back at me I’d been there et out of it She just needed to keep hanging on to the bit of the light that had broken through her darkest days
“Thank you for being here,” she said, “and I’ht This is my mess, and it’s time I take ownership for my actions”
I waved her off “I would have been pissed if you hadn’t toldBrody showed up and punched Grayson”
“He did what?”
“He knocked Grayson flat on his ass”
Deain “Oh my, I’m so sorry!”
“Hey,” I looked her in the eye, “it wasn’t your fault He was angry, and to be honest I couldn’t really blame him I actually felt sorry for him”