Kathleen left the store just before six and ran up to the house to make sure the girls were okay. Roy had been in a foul mood after finding out that she had been in love with him all through high school, and he hadn’t been talking sense that morning.
What would make him think that Jason wasn’t his child? Lois had been purposeful about not using protection that night. She thought back to the conversation that had ended their friendship so long ago.
“Of course I didn’t use protection. How else do you think I would have got him?”
“You mean you got pregnant on purpose? Why would you do that?”
“Because I wanted him. I needed him.”
“So you trapped him?”
“I just made sure it would be harder for him to leave,” said Lois. “His parents were the ones who made him do the right thing.”
“But you
