Page 342 of When We Fall: Part Two
“Bye.” I hung up and closed my eyes. It was a good talk. Short, but that’s just how Klaus was. To the point.
I wanted to give Evan, me, and Ani time to settle in. If things were going well, then we’d see about Klaus. If nothing else, I knew he’d made a great friend.
I stayed sitting for a long time before my stomach roiled with nausea. Wincing, I got up, went into the bathroom, and fell to my knees at the toilet before heaving my guts into it.
“Are you OK?” Evan rushed in and went to his knees beside me as Ani moved to my other side, felt my forehead, and then got me a glass of water.
“I-I don’t feel so hot,” I muttered, wiping my mouth. I rinsed it with the water Anson gave me before flushing the toilet.
“Let’s get her back to bed,” Anson said. He lifted me into his arms and took me to bed, where I stayed the rest of the day, feeling like complete crap.
By the evening, I could smell Anson making dinner. Evan wandered in to check on me and slid in beside me on the mattress.
“Hey, baby,” he murmured. “How are you feeling?”
“A little better.”
“Think you can eat?”
“Maybe.”
He ran his knuckles along my jaw. “Can I ask you something?”
“Anything.”
He cleared his throat. “Are you on birth control still?”
I froze at his words. I was meant to get my shot right before the wedding. I hadn’t. I had nothing.
“No,” I whispered, my voice trembling. “I-I forgot to get my shot a-after everything happened. Evan? I’m scared.”
“It’s OK,” he soothed. “Who did you sleep with before me and Anson?”
“Klaus.”
“Did he use protection?”
“Always,” I choked out.
“Who else?”
I racked my brain. There hadn’t been anyone else.
Wait.
My pulse roared in my ears.
“Cole,” I rasped. “In the club. He was angry at me. We-We had sex.”
Evan closed his eyes and pressed his forehead against mine. “I’ll send Anson into town for a test.”
“Evan… I’m scared. What if…”
“We will handle it. Whatever you decide,” he said gently. “I’ll be right back.” He kissed me sweetly before getting off the bed and leaving the room.
I lay, clutching my blanket, all sorts of wild thoughts rushing through my head.
It had to be Cole’s. I wiped my tears away, telling myself that it could just be a little flu bug or maybe my nerves since we were leaving for California in two days.
