Falling for the Babysitter

Chapter 24

Will it be a boy or a girl? What will we name him or her? All these thoughts race through my head at once until I feel like I might pass out. Now to tell my mom …

She’s waiting outside the bathroom door, pacing. She picks at her eyebrows, something she has always done when she’s nervous. She barely has any left and has to draw them on. She sees me and her eyes open wide. “Well?” she says.

I hold up the sticks and burst into happy tears. “I’m going to have a baby!”

She starts to cry too. “Oh my god,” she says. But instead of cussing or saying something that might break my heart, she smiles and says. “I’m going to be a grandma.”

We hug, both of us melting into tears. “What do you think Deacon’s going to say?” she says when we come apart.

I wipe away the mascara rolling down my cheeks. “He’s going to be really happy, Mom. I promise. You have nothing to worry about.”

She smiles, her eyes red and watering. “I trust you. I know you’re a smart girl and wouldn’t rush into anything unless you were absolutely sure you knew what you were doing.”

“Thanks Mom,” I say and hug her again.

Now to tell Deacon.

will be happy. I know that. But I’m still afraid. This will drive a

And soon. This isn’t

me, but stands aside to let me in. There are boxes stacked up all over the living room. Bailey is in her playpen next to the

ask, a tinge of fear ringing through me. Someone

until he sees me. His face relaxes into a gentle

doing here?” he asks in a way that

hands around, pointing at all the

place of my

even know he was looking. If he has a place of his own that means we can finally spend as much time together as we want, make as much noise as we

your fault,”

my fault? I don’t even know what’s

dick,” Deacon says, tossing a gym bag on top of the pile

fighting until she came into the picture,”

I do with my life has nothing to

care about what happens

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