CHAPTER 13: Alison
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“Having a child out of wedlock would kill my mother.” Alison did her best not to burst out laughing at the look on Harker’s face. Obviously, the baby bargain was off. Now all she had to do was convince him to go forward with the rest of it...or most of the rest of it.
He cleared his throat. “Marry?”
“Yeah. I thought about your offer. I really did and I could use the money, but I can’t do that to my mother.”
“People who aren’t married have kids all the time.”
“And my mom prays for them.” She rolled her eyes. “You should hear her. She talks about them in hushed tones, saying how embarrassing it must be for their poor parents.” She leaned forward, resting her hand on his knee. “She even says things like, thank God Alison isn’t like that. Then she goes on to
