Chapter Eleven
Hunter
ONE MONTH LATER
I gently push open Lennon’s door and see her swollen belly sticking out from her rolled up shirt as she shifts in her sleep. I ache to touch her, to feel her soft skin, and to show her my feelings are so damn real, it’s painful, but I won’t. As I’ve done for the past two years, I push them down and pretend they don’t exist, especially now that I’ve told her the truth and she walked away.
With summer break officially over, today is the first day of school, and I know she’s nervous for her first day back to work. She didn’t tell her co-workers she was pregnant, but at five months along, she won’t be able to hide it anymore.
Ever since I confessed my true feelings to her a month ago, things have slowly gone back to our normal. We thought it was best
