His brow furrowed ever so slightly as he reached out for it.

Briony couldn't hold back any longer-she took a shaky step toward Stewart.

The pregnancy test in her grip was squeezed so tightly it was close to snapping in two.

All the emotions she'd bottled up over the past few days finally hit their breaking point.

"Stewart..."

"Hurry up, Dad!"

Irwin's impatient voice cut Briony off, and in the same instant, shattered Stewart's urge to look into what was happening.

He managed a faint smile. “Alright, we're going."

And with that, he scooped Irwin into his arms and walked straight out the door.

Not once did Stewart glance in Briony's direction.

She stayed frozen where she was until the sound of the car pulling away faded into the distance.

braced herself on the back of the sofa and slowly sank to the

bowed, she stared down at the two clear red lines on the test, the image blurring

look, he would have seen the

not once, not ever. Briony crouched

later, she sent a photo to her friend on

[That test is pretty accurate. Come

want to schedule an

Best Friend: [!!!]

later, her phone rang. 'Star' flashed on

as she packed her suitcase, set aside the half-folded clothes,

was serious.

divorced. He already has Irwin. He won't care about this unexpected

fell silent

about Briony and Stewart's

I really started to believe maybe you'd make it work. Who would have thought... Ugh! You know what it feels like? Like binge-watching a show and then it just

blinked away the

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