Page 110 of The Attraction File

I reached into my pocket and called the one person who I didn’t want to talk to. The one person who would know what to do despite my feelings for him.

“Hello?” he said answering my call.

“Hi, Jacob, it’s me.” I sighed

“Edgar. How are you?” My brother had no idea I wasn’t speaking to him. Obviously, I would have had to speak to him to tell him.

“Fine. Wait, no, I’m not fine. I need to tell you something and I want you to not be my boss, not my brother . . . just be a friend when I tell you.”

He cleared his throat. “Is this about our fight? Now I told you, Edgar—”

“No, Jacob, just listen. Evaleen is pregnant.”

“What? Shouldn’t she be telling me that? How is that any of your business . . . oh, I just figured it out.”

I pulled the phone from my ear, prepared for the yelling but it didn’t come. Bringing it back to my ear I said, “Jacob, are you still there?”

“Yeah, I’m here. I asked what are you going to do?”

“That’s why I called you. You have kids do you think—” My throat tightened and I rubbed my eyes to push the tears back.

“Do I think you’ll make a good father? No, I don’t.”

Fuck. At least he’s honest.

“Great,” I mumbled.

“I think you’ll make an amazing father. Do you love her?”

That I didn’t hesitate in answering, “Yes, with all my heart.”

“Good. Good. That was the part I was most worried about. You don’t hang around long with women, and Evaleen is a good person. I didn’t want you to hurt her.”

“So, then what should I do?” My ear began to hurt from me pressing the phone to it so hard.

“Pray she will have you. That’s all you can do, Edgar, pray.”

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