QUINN My fingers wrapped around the phone, processing Joe’s words. My heart skipped. Because what Joe was implying was not impossible. It was something I hadn’t allowed myself to consider. I didn’t answer him immediately because the question caught me off guard and unsettled me. I controlled and tried to steady my breath for a few seconds on the phone; I was afraid my breath would give me out. “Yes, I think she is pregnant,” I finally said, “what you are insinuating cannot be possible, or is it?” I was trying to convince both Joe and myself. It had to be real; the divorce urgency, Seraphina’s confidence and Jasper’s actions. Yet, another part of me betrayed my conviction. something still pointed to a possible loophole. The same feeling I got when I accepted Jasper. “Well, I am afra

