Page 109 of The Attraction File

Somehow, I doubted it.

“Who is it?” I heard her voice call out.

“Room service,” I lied.

I knew I should have told her the truth, but I wanted to make sure she answered the door. Even though I had no idea what made her run, I felt like I was involved in some way. That she wanted to get away from me.

“I didn’t order . . .” Opening the door her words trailed off as she saw me. “Edgar, what are you doing here?”

“Can I come in?”

She hesitated but finally nodded. Her features softening. “Yes, of course.”

Evaleen stepped back and I moved inside. They had a suite so I took a seat on the couch beckoning her to come sit beside me. As she passed by me to sit, I smelled something terrible.

“Oh my God, what is that smell? Did room service forget to pick up your used plates?”

“No, uh, that would be me.” Evaleen frowned and I noticed her hair was tangled.

I glanced down at her body and realized there were large stains on her shirt.

“What’s wrong, Evaleen?”

Laughter fell from her lips but it wasn’t filled with joy. It felt bitter and sad.

“What isn’t wrong with me, Edgar? That should be your question. I came here to think. To come up with reasons as to why we shouldn’t be together.”

I sat up in my seat, and took her sweaty hand in mine. “What? No, Evaleen. Look, if things are too intense for you I can always back away. You don’t have to live with me. When we get home, I can help you and your mom find a place of your own.”

That’s what this was, us being together was too much for her. Even though I was still on edge with seeing Jagger in the lobby, I felt a little relief that her running to Vegas didn’t have to do with Damien contacting her.

“That’s not why I’m here. Well, that is a little why I’m here, but not in how you think.”

“Then tell me, Evaleen. Whatever it is I will do what you want. I love you. You have to understand that if you need time or space, I just want you to be happy. I love you too much to lose you.”

Her eyes widened and I noticed a tear escape. I lifted my thumb to catch it but thought better and leaned forward to kiss it away.

Evaleen let me kiss her but it only made her cry more. Her beautiful blue eyes shined up at me. “I’m pregnant, Edgar.”

My face tensed and I frowned. A million thoughts swirled around. Some of them ridiculous like we only had sex once without a condom, that couldn’t have been enough to get her pregnant. Some of them sobering, like will the baby be as beautiful as Evaleen?

The more I thought, the deeper the grimace became on my lips.

“I know what you are thinking, Edgar, and don’t worry, you don’t have to be in the baby’s life. My mother will help me raise it. It’s not like I expected you to be there for the child.”

Her tears were fast as they slid down her cheeks and she turned from me. I shook my head and tried to take hold of her hand but she pulled it away. Evaleen stood and finally faced me. “I need you to leave now, Edgar. I think it’s about time I take a shower. Morgana and Tiffany wanted to meet up for dinner in the hotel lobby.”

I stood and tried to touch her arm, but she jerked away as if I was about to burn her.

“Evaleen, no. Please, we need to discuss this.”

She shook her head. “If you won’t leave then I will. I’m going into the bathroom and getting into the shower. You can let yourself out.”

She left and I heard the door to the bathroom close with a pop of the lock.

I had no idea what to do.

I was going to be a father and if you had asked me months ago if I ever wanted to have a child, I would have laughed in your face.

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