Chapter 24
Brandon
Mary and I lay in bed, in the same position we just made love. I run my fingers up and down her arm, over her hip, grazing the side of her stomach. My baby is in there. I still can’t quite wrap my mind around it. My baby, my future wife.
“Do you know how far along you are?”
“I think maybe six weeks. Not quite two months, I only missed one period.”
“How long have you known?”
She rolls over on her stomach and turns her head, nestling it in the pillow. I can’t keep my hands off her, so I place one on her bare a*s and pull her closer.
“Just a couple of days. Listen,” she whispers, “I was on the pill. With the stress of everything that happened with Kelsey, I forgot to take it a couple times. I’m sorry.”
“Don’t you dare apologize. This is something I’ve wanted with yo
