CHAPTER 27
ELENA
She’d been staring at the stick for over an hour now: the pink line that told her what she’d already known in her gut. She was going to be a mom again after a sixteen-year hiatus. Mother to a child whose father still hated her. There were so many unresolved issues between her and Viking that she didn’t even know where to start.
Ignoring the pit in her stomach she threw the pregnancy test in the bin, then took a long shower. The hot spray hit her back, turning her rigid body softer, more pliant. After what felt like the longest shower ever, she got out, wrapped herself in a huge bath towel and sat on the edge of her bed. No, not just her bed, it was their bed. She was all alone in the apartment, but there was one place where she and Viking came together night after night
