Because in one sick flash, I see the shape of it — the delays, the manipulation, the way Daddy kept pressing and pressing while Jack fell apart in my arms.
Blake is the first to notice me, stopping the kiss.
My dad’s gaze snaps to mine. Immediately, he hides his face, unable to look at me.
“Sweetheart,” is all he can say.
“It’s true?” I mutter. “And you’re gay?”
Darkness blankets me. Just before I’m swallowed whole, my skull cracks.
Chapter 50
Morgan
Everything is soft and warm. It smells of fresh linen. My vision crisps. The walls warm to a pink hue. This is my old room.
“Hey, hey. Look who’s awake. Welcome back, sweetie.”
I blink as Dad and Mom come into focus, sitting bedside.
An older man leans down.
“Hello, Miss Montgomery. I’m Dr. Sandy. We moved you from the hospital to home for more privacy. How do you feel?”
“Hospital?” I sit up in bed and clutch my head, wincing.
“Yes, you had a fall and hit the back of your head on the tile floor. We did a scan. No fractures or bleeding. It’ll be sore for a day or two.”
A fall is a nice way of putting it. He means I blacked out when I discovered my father is a closeted philanderer and homosexual. It is almost too outlandish to believe. My fatherdoesn’t lie. It was only a nightmare. It had to be. And with Blake! My fiancé.
Formerfiancé.
Maybe I hit my head too hard. I need to ask Dad, but not with Mom here. I could be hallucinating and start an unnecessary fight.
Out of nowhere, my heart aches.
I search around. “Where’s Jack?”
“He said you argued. We told him you needed a few days here, to think about things,” Dad grumbles.
“Yes, honey,” adds Mom. “Rest.”
“No, I need to talk to him,” I insist and wrestle with the sheets. A sharp pain stabs my belly, and I suck in a sharp breath through clenched teeth.
“Careful,” says the doctor. “That’s the other thing. You started bleeding badly. We discovered your IUD became displaced and was stuck by your cervix, causing trauma to the area. We removed it.”
“Oh.”
That must’ve been the new pain I felt during sex.
The doctor takes my hand. “Unfortunately, since the device failed, it appears you are with child.”
“What?” I jolt upright, astonished.
“You are pregnant, Miss Montgomery.”
My soul ignites, electrified. My whole body vibrates as the news settles in. Oh, my Lord. I can’t believe it.
