“I have polycystic ovary syndrome, so I’m not regular each month.”
“Okay.”
“Due to that, I didn’t think I’d get pregnant easily when the time came,” she added.
“Clearly, you were wrong.”
He didn’t freak out because she was talking about things like this. In the McAllister household, everything was discussedopenly and in depth and had been since they were old enough to understand.
“So what now?”
“Honestly, I have no idea.” Her head was still reeling from the news. She was pregnant and jobless.
“I’ll support you?—”
“Absolutely not. I can look after myself and any kid that comes along.”
“Are you with the guy, or—” He pinched the bridge of his nose, looking like he was battling with something before he added, “was it a one-time thing?”
“You don’t have one-time things?” Blue demanded.
“We’re not talking about me,” he gritted out.
“Is this man important to you, Blue?”
He’d spaced out the words for effect. She could imagine him doing that in front of those he was in charge of.
“I’m not getting into the details about this.”
“Of course we’re getting into the details,” her brother snapped back. “The details are important when one day soon there will be another human to think about!”
“Don’t raise your voice at me, Finch. I didn’t have to tell you.”
“So what—you were going to hide your stomach and then the child for the rest of its life from us?”
“Shut up. I just found out, so cut me a break here. I have no idea what I’m going to do.”
“Will you tell the father, and will he want to be part of your lives?”
“I’m not telling you his name yet, Finch.”
She felt his eyes on the side of her face.
“You said I’m not telling you his nameyet. Does that mean that when you do, I’ll already know him?”
“You got that from my words?” She needed to be very careful going forward because her family and friends would sniff out the truth if she gave them a chance.
She would have to tell Jay soon. There was no getting around that fact because Finch was right, she was carrying a baby, and soon everyone would know.
“Are you going to stay in Lyntacky?”
“I just found out, Finch. How the hell do I know what I’m going to do?”
“All right, no need to get testy.”
She glared at him. “I think if there was a time to get testy, now would be it, don’t you?”
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