Felicity was almost grateful for the debacle with Esther. It meant she hadn't actually gone through with marrying him.

Otherwise, if she suddenly wanted a divorce, that would have been a whole mess of trouble!

Right now, they were just dating. There were a million reasons to break up, and the worst that could happen... he'd just be heartbroken for a while. Time would pass, she wouldn't return to her home country, and eventually, Langston would forget all about her.

...

When Calvin got home from work, he found himself instinctively glancing at Felicity's room door, even though he knew she hadn't come back.

Alone, he changed clothes, made himself a cup of coffee, and sat down, planning to finish up some work from the day.

Before he could even open his laptop, his phone rang!

Calvin glanced over, his eyebrows knitting together.

It wasn't the person he was hoping for...

"Dad."

"Your mom wants to talk to you!" Anthony Hoffman said, then handed the phone to his wife.

"Hello? Calvin! It's Mommy!"

doesn't suit me to call you 'Mommy' anymore. How sissy does that sound?" Thank goodness no one was around to

son is a real

"Can we

lady you brought over last time, the one who had a fever and you asked your

Felicity?

the mention

hospital, nor had he ever asked his father

to see her file today and thought I

What was she

"She... has infertility issues."

into silence for a good ten

It sounded

some papers,

answer, "And it seems quite severe, likely impossible

didn't tell you,

lips together, unsure

better for both of you to be aware

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