Chapter Ten
“We should call your family,” Jack said.
Karen was lying on a gurney in a dark room, waiting for an ultrasound, as the doctor had agreed with Jack that they needed to confirm the fetus wasn’t viable. She stared at the ceiling, feeling the quiet of the room as Jack’s hand rested on her forehead. She closed her eyes to his touch.
“Why?” she said. “We’ll have the ultrasound, confirm everything I know, and go home. You should call Marcus about Charlotte, see if she had the baby, talk to them. You shouldn’t tell anyone about this, though. It would take away from Marcus and Charlotte’s happy day. No one needs to know.”
There was just something about knowing her brother and Charlotte were having a baby and she wasn’t. She didn’t want to think about it too long.
“If that’s what yo
