When I stepped out of the restaurant, the sunlight was so harsh that I could barely keep my eyes open. The rain had stopped, and the wet pavement glittered beneath the sun.
I walked along the sidewalk for a while before my phone buzzed several times in my pocket.
It was Gideon.
Gideon: Nellie, did you go to Landon's place? Stop being unreasonable. We can talk this through properly when we get home.
I didn't reply.
A second message appeared almost immediately.
Gideon: Rola's pregnant. She's going to the hospital for a checkup this afternoon. Can you please not pick a fight with her right now?
I stopped beneath a plane tree and stared at those words for a long time.
Pregnant.
6 months of cheating on me, and now she was pregnant.
A drop of rainwater clinging to the branches fell ont
