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shoes through the dirt as she swayed up and then back.
“The last time he was here, about three months ago, we were... intimate. I guess the condom failed, as you can see.” She waved at her plump belly.
“So have you told him?”
“Of course I did, soon as I found out. I called and told him I was scared, that I needed to know what we should do.” Her swing came to a stop. “Instead of giving me support, he freaked. Told me he'd been living a lie for our entire relationship. He's married with two kids and he wants nothing to do with the baby he helped create.”
I gaped at her. She wasn't joking.
“How in the hell did you not know he was married? ”
“That's what everyone asks me. Makes me feel like a complete idiot, really. Like, how could stupid could I have been to not notice something so obvious?”
I put my hand on her back. “Hey, I didn't mean to –”
“It's okay. I was stupid. There were signs, signs I should have seen all along. Back in New York, he'd either come to my place or meet me at a hotel. On rare occasion, he'd invite me to his apartment. I should have realized it wasn't actually his apartment when he didn't know where the coffee was or how to work the stereo.”
“It wasn't his?”
“His friend let him borrow the place sometimes just so he wouldn't look totally suspicious.”
Holy shit. I might have been an asshole who let my dick make most decisions, but this was beyond any stupid thing I'd ever done. You had to be a completely deplorable piece of human garbage to play someone like that – and then he bailed when she got pregnant, to make it even worse.
“I haven't heard from him since that phone call. He's changed his number, doesn't respond to email or Facebook. Best I can tell, he's just going about his normal life as if this never happened.”
Rage built inside of me, the kind of anger I usually felt when someone messed with me in a bad way. This Rich guy had never met me, but he fucked Anna over so badly, I felt like flying to New York and killing him myself.
“Do people around these parts know you two are done?”
She nodded. “Trey and Rachael, at least. A few of my friends. All they know was, he's got a wife and he was cheating on her with me.”
“But why hide the pregnancy? It's not your fault this dude is scum. You shouldn't have to deal with this alone.”
“My parents are very old-school and conservative. Religious, too. If they found out I got pregnant out of wedlock, there would be hell to pay.”
“Who gives a damn what they think? You're a grown woman. They care more about their petty reputation than how much their daughter's suffering?”
Her shoulders fell. “They're real prominent people in the church, and dad's running for governor of California this year.”
Governor? Wow. Her family was more upper-crust than I had thought.
“People in Cali are pretty dang liberal. I doubt they'd judge your daddy because his daughter wasn't married when she had a kid.”
“You're probably right, but he wouldn't see it that way. He'd blame me for damaging his reputation, for making him look like a fraud who can't keep his family under control. And can you imagine if he lost? He'd probably disown me.”
“Sounds like he'd be doing you a favor.”
She didn't respond to that one. “He's in the public eye a lot, and would be even more so as the governor – which means I'd be getting some of that spotlight, too. People would ask who the father is. Even if I hid it, they'd do some digging. They find I slept with a married man and he got me pregnant...”
I got it. Sure, it didn't look very good for all parties involved. But it was the baby's dad who should have taken the fall, not her. Anna did nothing wrong. She didn't even know the guy was married, for Christ's sake.
“Okay, so why haven't you told your sister, or even Trey? Seems like y'all are good friends.”
She started to tear up. “I do love Rachael, but she's a huge gossip – and she loves to
“The last time he was here, about three months ago, we were... intimate. I guess the condom failed, as you can see.” She waved at her plump belly.
“So have you told him?”
“Of course I did, soon as I found out. I called and told him I was scared, that I needed to know what we should do.” Her swing came to a stop. “Instead of giving me support, he freaked. Told me he'd been living a lie for our entire relationship. He's married with two kids and he wants nothing to do with the baby he helped create.”
I gaped at her. She wasn't joking.
“How in the hell did you not know he was married? ”
“That's what everyone asks me. Makes me feel like a complete idiot, really. Like, how could stupid could I have been to not notice something so obvious?”
I put my hand on her back. “Hey, I didn't mean to –”
“It's okay. I was stupid. There were signs, signs I should have seen all along. Back in New York, he'd either come to my place or meet me at a hotel. On rare occasion, he'd invite me to his apartment. I should have realized it wasn't actually his apartment when he didn't know where the coffee was or how to work the stereo.”
“It wasn't his?”
“His friend let him borrow the place sometimes just so he wouldn't look totally suspicious.”
Holy shit. I might have been an asshole who let my dick make most decisions, but this was beyond any stupid thing I'd ever done. You had to be a completely deplorable piece of human garbage to play someone like that – and then he bailed when she got pregnant, to make it even worse.
“I haven't heard from him since that phone call. He's changed his number, doesn't respond to email or Facebook. Best I can tell, he's just going about his normal life as if this never happened.”
Rage built inside of me, the kind of anger I usually felt when someone messed with me in a bad way. This Rich guy had never met me, but he fucked Anna over so badly, I felt like flying to New York and killing him myself.
“Do people around these parts know you two are done?”
She nodded. “Trey and Rachael, at least. A few of my friends. All they know was, he's got a wife and he was cheating on her with me.”
“But why hide the pregnancy? It's not your fault this dude is scum. You shouldn't have to deal with this alone.”
“My parents are very old-school and conservative. Religious, too. If they found out I got pregnant out of wedlock, there would be hell to pay.”
“Who gives a damn what they think? You're a grown woman. They care more about their petty reputation than how much their daughter's suffering?”
Her shoulders fell. “They're real prominent people in the church, and dad's running for governor of California this year.”
Governor? Wow. Her family was more upper-crust than I had thought.
“People in Cali are pretty dang liberal. I doubt they'd judge your daddy because his daughter wasn't married when she had a kid.”
“You're probably right, but he wouldn't see it that way. He'd blame me for damaging his reputation, for making him look like a fraud who can't keep his family under control. And can you imagine if he lost? He'd probably disown me.”
“Sounds like he'd be doing you a favor.”
She didn't respond to that one. “He's in the public eye a lot, and would be even more so as the governor – which means I'd be getting some of that spotlight, too. People would ask who the father is. Even if I hid it, they'd do some digging. They find I slept with a married man and he got me pregnant...”
I got it. Sure, it didn't look very good for all parties involved. But it was the baby's dad who should have taken the fall, not her. Anna did nothing wrong. She didn't even know the guy was married, for Christ's sake.
“Okay, so why haven't you told your sister, or even Trey? Seems like y'all are good friends.”
She started to tear up. “I do love Rachael, but she's a huge gossip – and she loves to
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