Chapter 25
Brandon
I didn’t want to wait any longer to make sure Mary and the baby were all right, so we got a doctor appointment right away. I’ll just pay out of pocket; I don’t give a s**t about anything other than my family.
“Mary?” The nurse calls her from the open doorway, and we walk hand in hand to the scale.
“Don’t look,” Mary whispers as she hands me her purse and toes off her shoes.
“Excuse me?”
“I don’t want you to see how much I weigh.”
I laugh. “You’re joking, right? Tell me you’re joking?”
She shakes her head and her face begins to fall.
“Unbelievable,” I mutter under my breath and turn around. Women. I don’t get the insecurity over a f*****g number. It’s not enough that I tell her she’s beautiful or I love her body. Christ, just looking at her makes me hard.
My mou
