Chapter 20
When someone tapped on the door, Jill was resting a hand on her belly, where her baby girl had once been. She didn’t want to talk. The darkness in the room was welcome. The hospital room door opened, but instead of looking over, she shut her eyes and said, “I’m tired. Please just go away…”
She heard footsteps and flicked her eyes open to see Jake. His hair was short, neat, and damn, did he look good. He was so different from Samuel. She couldn’t stop the tears as her face scrunched and she let out the keening she’d held in.
“Hey, hey, it’s going to be okay.” He reached for her hand, then pulled away and handed her a Kleenex. She brushed it over her face and blew her nose. From the red that tinged Jake’s eyes, of course he knew. The baby had been his.
“Who told you?” She pull
