“Maybe,” I said, still not ready to commit either way.
Mom shook her head. “Son, you know how quickly time moves. It will not wait for you. This baby will age while you are trapped in your indecision.”
I knew she was right, but I still wasn’t ready to give Amy up. For another night, at least, Amy could stay here.
“Soon,” I promised, which seemed to placate my mom for now.
I only hoped that I meant it.
Amelia’s POV
I must have dozed again while waiting for Jake to return from his errand, but when I came back to the land of the living, Eve was typing away at the computer in the room.
Looking around, I said, “Where’s my baby?”
Eve froze.
I did too.
What had I just said?
“What did you just say?” Eve asked me, mirroring my own thoughts.
She seemed alarmed.
“I don’t know why I said
