“Finish up in the shower and come downstairs.”
“Titan—”
“April is here,” he interrupts me.
Hope blooms inside my chest. “She wants to see me?”
He shakes his head. “She doesn’t know you’re here.”
I frown. “Why am I here?”
He runs a hand through his hair. “Because I believe in second chances. And… I know the guy that you can be, Grave.” My heart pounds. He opens his mouth like he has more to say, but at the last minute, he decides against it. Then he turns around and walks out.
I finish up in the shower and find a Kingdom shirt and a pair of clean jeans on the bed. I dress and make my way downstairs.
“Where is she?” I ask the moment I enter the kitchen. Everyone is accounted for except her.
No one glances my way except Titan. Without a word, he walks past me and heads down the hall. I trail behind him. He pauses at a door and eases it open. My heart stops when I see April lying on her side in the fetal position, facing me. Her eyes are squeezed shut, and her body shakes with soft sobs.
I rush over to her. “April?” I ask hoarsely.
She doesn’t open her eyes. Instead, she sobs louder. Harder.
“What’s wrong?” I ask, running my busted knuckles down her tear-streaked face.
She buries her face into the comforter, her hands clutching it tightly. Gently, I climb onto the bed and settle her into my lap. “April…”
She sobs as I silently rock her back and forth while she breaks in my arms. “If it’s because of me, talk to me please, baby.”Is she injured?
She pounds her fists into my chest, and I let her.
“Tell me you’re okay.” Maybe it’s just an emotional breakdown.
“I’ll never be okay,” she cries.
“April…”
She pops out of my arms and springs from the bed. I stand to follow her but stay where I am when I see she’s just going over to her purse. She digs through it and pulls something out. Comingback over to me, she shoves it into my chest. I grab it and look down. It’s a pregnancy test. I swallow as I stare at it.
She’s pregnant.
I got her pregnant. Then I failed her. I showed her that I’m nothing. Just like her father. I can’t be there for her, not the way she needs. Now I’m going to be a father.
“I… I’m sorry.” I swallow the lump in my throat. Looking back up at her, I take her hand in mine.
I believe in second chances,Titan had said. He knew.
She will never forgive you…So does Emilee. They all do. I’m the last one to find out.
Tears streak down her face, and I lick my lips. “I can do better. I will be better. For you. For the baby.”
Her bottom lip trembles.
“I know I can. I love you, April.” She closes her eyes. “I…”
“I can’t trust you,” she whispers softly.
My heart breaks at her words. “April…” I try to tell her that she can, but my throat closes. My chest tightens. She’s right. She can’t.
