JASON
For several seconds, I remained completely still, staring at the wall in front of me as Alice's words replayed in my head again.
Pregnant...
I couldn't seem to make sense of anything. I had heard her clearly enough. Yet, the possibility she had just introduced was so unexpected that my mind struggled to accept it.
I tightened my grip on the phone and drew a slow breath, hoping the brief pause would help me regain my composure. It didn't. If anything, the more I thought about her announcement, the more unsettled I became.
“What kind of nonsense is this?” I finally demanded.
My voice came out harsher than I intended, but I couldn't bring myself to care. There was nothing amusing about what she had just told me, and I wasn't in the mood for whatever game she might be trying to pla
