Wilby smirks. “You’re not a pansy, Silvie. You can fight for him.”
I glare at him weakly. “Did you just call me a pansy?”
“Yes. You can wear the pants. You can be the boss. You can fight for him.”
I slide down the wall until I’m sitting on the tile floor.
“For your family,” he says.
Family.
The word feels foreign and warm at the same time. Then I realize what he’s telling me.
“Family?” I echo.
He looks down at the test andthen back at me.His expression softens, and he smiles. “You’re a mom. A mommy. Mamacita. Congratulations, friend.”
The air leaves my lungs. Cal and I are having a baby. A family.
“Wait. Really?” I breathe.
He points at it and meets my eyes. “I’m not touching that thing. You peed on it. You’re pregnant.”
I smile and wipe tears from the corners of my eyes. My hand moves instinctively to my stomach. Pregnant with Cal’s baby.
“I can’t,” I whisper. “I have a company to run.”
“You can.” Wilby rolls his eyes. “There’s this thing called daycare and nannies. And duh…Birdie.”
“No. It’s not that. I don’t know how. What if I turn out like my mom?” I say, suddenly feeling scared.
“You’ve been running a billion-dollar company. You’ve survivedyour mother. You’ve survived a lot. You can handle this. And you have Cal.”
Cal. Oh, God. What will he say?
I laugh wetly. “This wasn’t on my five-year plan.”
“Maybe it’s on the forever plan.”
“What do I do?” I whisper.
Wilby smiles, and his voice softens. “You call your husband.”
Husband. My throat tightens. “What if he doesn’t want this?”
“He will.”
“You don’t know that.”
“I do.”
I close my eyes and picture Cal’s laugh and his hands holding me. Kissing me. Taking care of me. And I picture him as a dad, and I can totally see it. I may not know how to do to this, but I think he’d be great at it. Maybe we could figure it out together. I’m going to need him. Because I can’t even bake brownies.
“Come on,” he says as he opens the bathroom door. “I made you a doctor’s appointment. Let’s go hear the little heartbeat.”
“But how did you know I’d be pregnant?” I call after him.
“Sisters,” he calls back.
