Chapter 0414

I rubbed my own forehead, the questions making my head ache. I could only imagine what Susie was going through.

“You have to tell Mark,” I said, because that should be the starting point. Mark was half to blame here, so he should carry half the burden of whatever happens

next.

“I agree,” Nicholas said. “He will do the right thing.”

Susie shook her head. “I’ll be such a bother to him.”

A bother? “Susie, the man got you pregnant. If he thinks you are a bother…” He isn’t worth your time.

“He wouldn’t think that,” Nicholas said.

“He’ll think I’m trapping him,” Susie said.

That seemed unlikely. It took two to tango, after all. “Did you use a condom?” I asked.

She shook her head. “I didn’t even think about it. We were so… And then…” She cried more. “I care about him so much. I’m going to lose him.”

won’t,” I tried to

inconsolable. She buried her face in her hands and cried so hard I didn’t know what to do but to gently reach out and wrap my arms

my shoulder then, totally soaking my

seemed as lost as I did. What could we possibly say to a girl who was going through something

I still face those hardships every day when someone

feeling a little stronger, I would tell her the full truth

yes,

of

at me and every hardship

cried until she was absolutely exhausted. Then

while.

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and together, Nicholas and I moved to the edge of the room, all the way by

quietly, though furiously, “I can’t believe Mark was this careless. If he meant to bed

you really think he’ll do the right thing?” I asked, soft as a

said. “If he doesn’t, he’s not the man I thought

were supposed to remain fully loyal to

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