35 Mattie
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JASON AND I SPLIT AN order of nachos and mini pretzel bites. As we ate, he asked me about the pregnancy.
“What do you want to know?”
“Whose is it?”
“Chase’s.”
He gave me a funny look. I ignored it.
He dipped one of the pretzel bites into the cheese sauce. “Have you told your parents about it?”
“Not yet.” I sighed. “My dad is going to kill me.”
“Yeah. And Chase.”
I agreed. “Anyway, I’m putting it off as long as possible.”
“Do you think he’ll force Chase into marrying you?” Jason asked with a smirk. “Shotgun wedding?”
“I doubt it. He doesn’t really like him.” My dad didn’t like any of the guys in town. I knew if he had the choice, he’d keep me from dating until I was forty. “Anyway, he’ll probably try talking me into giving it up for adoption.”
“What about you
