CHAPTER 26
MICHAELEverything seemed to freeze. I thought I’d misheard her. Melissa couldn’t be pregnant, especially not with that asshole’s kid. She might’ve been adventurous, but she had always been safe. I couldn’t believe what I had heard.
“You’re pregnant?” I asked, my voice barely a whisper. I looked up at her face. “Melissa … pregnant?”
She gnawed on the inside of her lips. “I’m sorry,” she whispered.
I parted my lips and pressed them back together. All I could think about was how I had been in her position twenty-two years ago. I’d felt so alone, especially after my father kicked me out and told me to figure s**t out for myself. I couldn’t let the same thing happen to Melissa.
“No, I’m sorry for kicking you out.”
“You’re not angry?”
“No, I’m not angry,” I said quietly. Yet I
