“How would you feel if I told one person what was going on?”
“Why would you want to do that?” she asked, a hint of alarm in her voice.
“Because I’d really like her take, and she’s the only person I can trust.”
“Your mom?”
“Yeah. But I won’t say anything if you’re not okay with it. It’s your call.”
“Well, if you tell your mother, can I tell mine?”
“Of course. But won’t she want to kill me?”
“Kill you for what? Like I said, they know how I met you. And it’s not like we ended up in this situation intentionally. Once I found out I was pregnant, I had nothing to hide. I told my parents as much as I knew. They just don’t know I’ve discovered you’re Taylor’s father.”
“Fuck.” I blew out a long breath. “All right. Well, yeah, I mean, if I tell my mother, you should be able to tell yours, as long as you can trust her not to say anything.”
“I trust her with my life.”
“Okay.” I nodded. “Same with my mother.”
She laughed a little. “Let me know if your mother has any brilliant ideas about how we can handle this.”
“Right? I’m desperate for that.”
“You won’t tell the woman you’re seeing?” she asked.
Ugh. I grimaced. “About that…”
“What?”
“I ended things with Leah earlier today.”
“You did?”
“I needed to free up my head emotionally, and she needed more than I could give her right now. I need to be alone for a while. That’s what’s best.”
Blair went quiet on the line. I could only imagine what she was thinking.
“Are you still there?” I asked.
“Yeah,” she said. “I just…wasn’t expecting that.”
“Does it make you nervous or something?”
“No, of course not. Why would it make me nervous?”
“I don’t know. But you shouldn’t worry. My decision to break up with Leah was independent of our situation. I don’t intend to cross the line with you, Blair. That would only complicate things more.”
“I wasn’t implying that you broke up with her because of me. I just said I wasn’t expecting it,” she said defensively.
“I’m sorry.” I rubbed my temples. “I don’t even know what I’m fucking saying. Today was just…a lot.”
Her tone lightened. “You found out you’re indeed the father, like on some old-school Maury Povich episode, lied to your son’s face,andbroke up with your girlfriend in one day. What could possibly be the problem?”
I snorted. “You’re too young to remember The Maury Povich Show.”
“I’ve seen clips on social media about the DNA-test episodes.”
