Page 343 of When We Fall: Part Two
I heard the front door close and knew Anson was going to get tests.
Evan returned and held me tightly.
“What will we do?”
“We will do nothing until we know. And then, you can decide, baby. OK? Whatever you decide, we’ll be at your side.”
I cried softly as I clung to him.
“It might not be anything. Let’s just check, OK?”
I nodded, burying my face in his chest as he continued to hold me. We stayed that way for a long time before Anson returned and came into the room.
“Hey, I got some tests,” he said.
Evan helped me to sit up, and Ani steered me into the bathroom.
“Everything you need is in the bag,” he said gently. “We’ll wait out here.”
I nodded and took the bag into the bathroom. I followed the instructions to the letter and sat, crying softly as I waited for the minutes to pass by.
Finally, I swallowed hard and told myself just to check the damn sticks—all five of them.
I stared down at each test in turn, the same answer greeting me.
Feeling numb, I opened the bathroom door and stepped out. Anson and Evan had been whispering, but they stopped as I came into the room, both looking at me with equal parts of worry on their faces.
“I’m pregnant,” I whispered.
They both came to me, wrapping their arms around me as I sobbed.
“I already called a doctor,” Anson said. “We’ll go in the morning and see how far along you are, OK?”
I nodded against his chest.
“It’s going to be OK,” Evan soothed. “I promise, babe. We’re here with you.”
“What about the contract?” I asked, looking up at Anson.
“The contract is signed. Plenty of people have babies and sing, LeeLee. It’ll be a non-issue. We still have to write the songs and record them. We’ll have time.”
“And I’ll take care of our baby,” Evan murmured.
“Ours?”
“It’s ours,” he said firmly. “It doesn’t matter who the father is. That baby belongs to us.”
I hugged him fiercely, loving him even more.
“Our baby,” Ani murmured. “I like the way that sounds.”
“Me too,” Evan replied. “Me too.”
We satin the doctor’s office the following morning. I kept throwing up and was so miserable I thought I was going to die. Fear kept sweeping through me. I’d lost blossom. I’d been this same way when it happened.
Evan didn’t say anything. He held me, clearly knowing my fears but not wanting to voice them either.
We’d already done the testing, so we were waiting for this doctor to come back in. When I asked Anson how he made this happen so fast, he shrugged and told memoney talks.
