Page 51 of Unveiled Wounds

I tried to get out of it, but no go.

Grizz showed up during the dinner.

It went to shit from there.

Charlie

Why the fuck were you having dinner with Brandon?

Me

He said we needed to meet.

I didn’t want to, but he wouldn’t take no for an answer.

Brandon was doing shady shit.

Stella

Makes me like Grizz more.

Me

Good.

We’re married.

I had an ectopic pregnancy.

I dropped my phone into my lap, not sure I could continue this conversation. Pain hit my heart, and my stomach lurched. I wondered if I would always feel this way when I thought about that pregnancy. I had wanted the baby. Excited, I had told myself it was a mix of the best parts of us, despite never having considered a family before. I bent down and kissed his shoulder. “I love you.”

Charlie

No, missy.

Go back!

You don’t get to dump like that and run.

I watched my phone light up with each new message.

Stella

Oh, Mer!

Why didn’t you tell us?

I knew why, but all the arguments I had made to myself seemed silly now. I had thought I was a failure, each action another stepping stone into the depths of misery. Typing out a few words, I quickly deleted them. I tried again, but I still couldn’t get it right. It annoyed me.

Me

I don’t know.

I should have.

Stella

Okay.

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