Chapter 16
Tess’s whole body ached. Probably because she’d cried out every remaining ounce of fluid after her father left. Then she’d forced herself to guzzle more water, thinking dehydration was probably bad for the baby. She’d caught only snatches of sleep, and those had been full of Mitch and his agonized expression as she’d run from him.
Coward.
The echo of the accusation was still with her as she crawled out of bed just after the sun. And why shouldn’t it be? She was a coward, too terrified to face him and lay her heart bare, lest it not be enough.
Uncomfortable with the truth of it, Tess forced herself straight into work. The job had always been her salvation, the place she was in control. After the past few weeks, she needed to be in control of something. But after following up
