Chapter 35:
"What baby?" I said.
Kael didn't answer.
"Kael. What baby?"
He turned around.
"Lily," he said. "I meant Lily."
"You said 'the baby.' You said 'he's not gonna get near the baby.' Lily's not a baby. She's two and a half. She talks in sentences. She tells me when I'm lying."
Kael looked at me.
"I meant Lily," he said again. "I'm tired. I'm not thinking straight. I meant Lily."
I looked at him.
"Okay," I said.
"Okay?"
"Okay."
He looked at me.
"You don't believe me."
"I believe you're tired," I said. "I believe you're not thinking straight. I don't believe you meant Lily."
Kael's jaw moved.
"Ella—"
"Ivy said something," I said. "She said Silas told her I was pregnant. And now you're saying 'the baby' like it's a thing you already know about. So either Ivy's lying
