Her side of the story
Mom collapses in the chair after my admission. The heartbroken look in her eyes was undoing

me. The disappointed look she gave me nearly made me crumble on the spot.
Travis, who had been holding me, lets go as if I had burned him. He backs away from me slowly

until he’s a few feet away.

I know the rest had varying degrees of shock, but they didn’t matter to me right now. Not when

my family was looking at me like they didn’t know me. Like I was a stranger.

“Please tell me you’re playing a sick joke on me,” Mom pleads. “Tell me you didn’t have a child and

kept him hidden from us all these years.”

I want to lie to them just so the heartbroken and disappointed look in their eyes will disappear. I

know that I can no longer do that. There was no hiding from this. There was no more running from

the truth.

“I’m sorry. So sorry,” I cry as I stumble towards her. “I wanted to tell you, but I was so ashamed.”

I go to take her hand, but she flinches and pulls it away.

This is what I’ve been so afraid of. Ava was right. I was the perfect daughter. The one who never

made any mistakes.

The one that thought things through before, except for that one time. Now their image of me is

tarnished. Now they know that I am just like them. Human. The Ace card I had over Ava was gone. 2

I was in the same boat as Ava. I made mistakes that are now hunting me. Sleeping with Calvin

remains the greatest mistak

y life.

“H–How did this happen? When did it happen…did dad now?” Travis asks as he paces, frustration

clear in his steps.

“Dad didn’t know. No one except Calvin and Molly knew.” I look at the ground, unable to face the

look on my mom’s face.

“Start from the beginning and don’t leave a single thing out. I want to know why the hell you’ve

kept my grandson a secret from his family,” Mom growls, her eyes turning fierce.

I didn’t want to rehash the past, but at this point, I don’t think I had any choice. If I didn’t want

them to be even madder than they were right now, then I had to spill it.

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“When Rowan married Ava, I was broken I tried not to let it show. Tried to make you, dad, and

Travis believe I was okay because you were all so worried about me. I felt like I was drowning,

been left

you,

I did back then

with Ava.

and I didn’t attend

pushing, and when

I didn’t want you to know how I was struggling. I

tough things were for

much bitterness and resentment

would have been ecstatic. It was probably a

I discovered she had been

became my anchor. My grades

Rowan every second.” I take a deep breath “It

It turns out we went

assignment partner.” 2

we

didn’t show any remnants of the obsession he had for

out of

was hard. I wanted to stop, but now more than ever,

going well for some time. They weren’t perfect,

m alled me to let me know that Ava had

love with his son at first

to breathe through the pain of the memories, but

so fucking hard.

really angry. Angry at myself

with Ava, angry

angry

turn to know that it is from Rowan. I

around Noah because if everything had gone the way

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probably get back to Rowan, and that would have hurt him. That’s why I slept with Calvin that night, because I counted on Rowan’s friend telling him. He would have

it for Rowan and in the end I gave it to the guy

been foolish of me to sleep with a guy I didn’t even like just to get back at the man I loved. I told Calvin that it was a mistake and that he should forget about what happened between us. I snuck out of his room, and I

hadn’t planned for what was to come next. What destiny had planned

my period was late. A cheap test. and

Rowan and I would get back together. I didn’t want an unwanted baby to hinder that. I

of my mistake to

didn’t you get an emergency pill the morning after?” mom asks, making

a complete mess, everything was new to me.

time I’ve ever h–had s–sex so I

so I assumed tha‘ n’t really enough to get

me to get one, but like I said, I was so

anyone to know.”

want to tell me that during all the years you

virgin?” Travis

we started dating,

with anything that walked and had a vagina. When I’d told him I wasn’t

I was ready. My biggest regret was holding

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uncomfortably “Can we not talk about this? It was years

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question, yes I was still a virgin. Anyway,” 1

the child and I wanted to get rid of it, but he wouldn’t let

abortion?” Mom asks, her voice ringing with horror and

couldn’t do anything, but nod my head. “Calvin threatened to tell you

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