stairs quicker.
She and Scott tucked in each of the kids, kissed them good night, and then headed for the bedroom.
The moment they both were in the room Victoria shut the door and turned the lock. This was it. She was moving on!
“What happened in here?” Scott asked as he turned toward the bathroom. “Oh, you had a leak. I can…”
He’d stopped talking just as she realized she hadn’t been back upstairs since she’d taken that test.
She hurried to the door and saw him holding the pregnancy test in his hand.
Her heart pounded hard in her chest and her head spun. She couldn’t read him. His face had gone pale and blank.
She watched as his Adam’s apple bobbed in his throat as he swallowed hard and then looked up at her.
“You’re pregnant?”
“I am?” That wasn’t really the response she’d meant to give.
“Is this yours?”
She licked her lips to moisten them as she thought of an answer. But she simply nodded.
“You’re pregnant and you didn’t tell me?”
“I bought the test on a whim. Something Sonia said the other day about me being sick…so I bought it. I took the test and forgot…”
“You’re pregnant?”
Victoria dropped her shoulders. “I guess I am.”
Scott ran his hand over his chin and she could hear the scratching of his stubble against his palm.
“This puts us in a very awkward situation. You and I haven’t had sex.”
Tears were stinging her eyes and she tried to bat them away.
She watched as Scott considered. “How far along do you think you are?”
Victoria balled her fists to her side to keep her hands from shaking. “About four weeks.”
The color in his face began to deepen. The darkness in his eyes did the same.
He lowered his head and looked at the stick again before looking back up at her. “The wedding?”
She nodded.
“We’ve been dating since then.”
She nodded again and now the tears streamed down her face.
Scott pursed his lips and she noticed there were tears in his eyes too. “Do I even have to ask whose baby this is?”
“Scott, I didn’t mean…it just…no,” she finally resigned and hung her head.
Scott shook his head and took a long deep breath before walking toward her. She lifted her head and he handed her the pregnancy test which boldly had printed on it PREGNANT.
“Here. You’re going to want to show this to the responsible party.”
He walked past her and unlocked the bedroom door.
Victoria turned and followed as he pulled open the door and headed down the stairs.
“Scott, I’m so sorry. You have no idea…”
“Save it. You’re going to need to keep your strength for your baby and the kids. Tell them I said goodbye.”
“Goodbye?”
He picked up his bag which still sat by the stairs. “Victoria, I don’t mind taking on the responsibility of others. I thought making a life with you and the kids would be fine. And under different circumstances I’d never have given another thought about taking on this baby, too. But knowing that commitment doesn’t mean anything to you and that this baby was conceived while we were together…well that’s a game changer. I don’t take to people who lie to me.”
He opened the door and walked away.
Chapter Thirteen
Victoria fell to the floor still gripping the pregnancy test in her hand. How could she have gotten pregnant? How could they not have even considered it?
She didn’t even bother to wipe at the tears that fell down her face.
How could her life have turned into such a disaster?
But that didn’t feel right? That wasn’t the right assessment of her life. She had lost a lot. That part was true, but she’d never ever give up on Sam and Ali. No, her life had just changed.
She ran her hand over her belly. And now there was this.
Lifting her hand to her lips she began to sob harder. There never had been a doubt in her mind that she’d carry Christian’s baby—if she had a baby at all. But this wasn’t the way she wanted to do
She and Scott tucked in each of the kids, kissed them good night, and then headed for the bedroom.
The moment they both were in the room Victoria shut the door and turned the lock. This was it. She was moving on!
“What happened in here?” Scott asked as he turned toward the bathroom. “Oh, you had a leak. I can…”
He’d stopped talking just as she realized she hadn’t been back upstairs since she’d taken that test.
She hurried to the door and saw him holding the pregnancy test in his hand.
Her heart pounded hard in her chest and her head spun. She couldn’t read him. His face had gone pale and blank.
She watched as his Adam’s apple bobbed in his throat as he swallowed hard and then looked up at her.
“You’re pregnant?”
“I am?” That wasn’t really the response she’d meant to give.
“Is this yours?”
She licked her lips to moisten them as she thought of an answer. But she simply nodded.
“You’re pregnant and you didn’t tell me?”
“I bought the test on a whim. Something Sonia said the other day about me being sick…so I bought it. I took the test and forgot…”
“You’re pregnant?”
Victoria dropped her shoulders. “I guess I am.”
Scott ran his hand over his chin and she could hear the scratching of his stubble against his palm.
“This puts us in a very awkward situation. You and I haven’t had sex.”
Tears were stinging her eyes and she tried to bat them away.
She watched as Scott considered. “How far along do you think you are?”
Victoria balled her fists to her side to keep her hands from shaking. “About four weeks.”
The color in his face began to deepen. The darkness in his eyes did the same.
He lowered his head and looked at the stick again before looking back up at her. “The wedding?”
She nodded.
“We’ve been dating since then.”
She nodded again and now the tears streamed down her face.
Scott pursed his lips and she noticed there were tears in his eyes too. “Do I even have to ask whose baby this is?”
“Scott, I didn’t mean…it just…no,” she finally resigned and hung her head.
Scott shook his head and took a long deep breath before walking toward her. She lifted her head and he handed her the pregnancy test which boldly had printed on it PREGNANT.
“Here. You’re going to want to show this to the responsible party.”
He walked past her and unlocked the bedroom door.
Victoria turned and followed as he pulled open the door and headed down the stairs.
“Scott, I’m so sorry. You have no idea…”
“Save it. You’re going to need to keep your strength for your baby and the kids. Tell them I said goodbye.”
“Goodbye?”
He picked up his bag which still sat by the stairs. “Victoria, I don’t mind taking on the responsibility of others. I thought making a life with you and the kids would be fine. And under different circumstances I’d never have given another thought about taking on this baby, too. But knowing that commitment doesn’t mean anything to you and that this baby was conceived while we were together…well that’s a game changer. I don’t take to people who lie to me.”
He opened the door and walked away.
Chapter Thirteen
Victoria fell to the floor still gripping the pregnancy test in her hand. How could she have gotten pregnant? How could they not have even considered it?
She didn’t even bother to wipe at the tears that fell down her face.
How could her life have turned into such a disaster?
But that didn’t feel right? That wasn’t the right assessment of her life. She had lost a lot. That part was true, but she’d never ever give up on Sam and Ali. No, her life had just changed.
She ran her hand over her belly. And now there was this.
Lifting her hand to her lips she began to sob harder. There never had been a doubt in her mind that she’d carry Christian’s baby—if she had a baby at all. But this wasn’t the way she wanted to do
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