Mary Forbes J.

Their Secret Child


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kids home for spring break. Skip killed the ignition and they listened to the rain drum on the hood.

      And then she said the words, the ones that changed both their lives. “I’m late, Skip.”

      Late. Oh, yeah. He knew exactly which late she meant.

      Staring through the windshield he could see his life falling…falling into an abyss. His heart pounded, his palms grew clammy. “You sure?”

      Still, she hadn’t looked at him, but stared instead through the rain-blurred glass. “I took the drugstore test this morning. Twice.”

      No mistake. They’d made a baby, that’s what they’d done. Using condoms worked, but sometimes, sometimes things happened. Sometimes they broke, and sometimes they were forfeited for the real thing. Which they’d done once. Once—

      He set his forehead on the steering wheel, tried to swallow while his mind spun with futuristic scenarios.

      A cramped, dingy apartment. Construction work. Bills. Creditors.

      “I’m keeping it,” she whispered, and he lifted his head. “You don’t need to stick around.” For the first time she looked at him.

      “I won’t ruin your plans.”

      In the darkness of night and rain, relief whirled through him, before shame settled and he took up her cold wringing hands. “Addie, we’ll work this out.”

      “How?” The word was so full of hope he wanted to cry.

      “I don’t know, but we will. I promise.” He pulled her into his arms, kissed her forehead. “It’ll be all right, honey. We’ll be okay.” He meant every word. The baby was his and he would be its daddy in a different way than his own father had been to him.

      Three weeks later in the same spot, the same car, he’d told her, “This wasn’t my choice” and she’d leapt out and slammed the door before he could explain the power a father had over his son.

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