“You’re amazing. Thank you for everything.”
She wraps her arms around me once more, squeezing tight.
“Now get in before I cry,” I tell her.
“Oh no,” she laughs. “It was bad enough this morning with Mum and Kat.”
“Exactly,” I say, her outline blurring.
I blink rapidly, brushing a tear off her cheek. “Take care.”
She turns and climbs into the car.
Kris pulls me in for a hug. “Look after yourself.”
“You too.”
My emotions rise to the surface as I shut the door behind them, closing Harper and Kris in together.
I hit the button to open the garage door and watch the car back out.
My hand goes up, even though the blacked-out windows prevent me from looking in.
“It won’t be forever. Just until all this drama blows over,” Mum says, running a hand down my back, the same way she used to when I was a child.
“I know, but of all the Frazers for him to go after in this way. Why her?” I say as the car disappears out of sight. I hit the button and wait for the door to close.
I follow Mum back into the kitchen.
“So is Kris right? Are you pregnant?”
I stop and stare at her.
“What?”
She shrugs. “I heard the tail end of your conversation.”
I drop my ass onto the stool I vacated when Harper left.
“I don’t know. My period is late. But I’ve been taking my pill. I haven’t been ill or sick.”
My mind goes back to me being sick at Caleb’s, but I would have already been pregnant at that point.
“Why do you look so worried?”
I look up and raise an eyebrow.
“Oh, I don’t know. The last woman Elijah was in a relationship with got pregnant and he was forced to marry her. Maybe I don’t want history repeating itself.”
“Is the child Elijah’s?”
“Haha, very funny. Of course, if it exists, it’s Elijah’s. What do you take me for?”
“Then I’m not sure what the problem is?”
“Did you listen to a word I just said?”
“Every single one. But I still don’t see a problem.”
