Page 127 of His Sunshine Baby

Guilty for what? I know she couldn’t find her pack, but why would she feel responsible for what happened, and hide everything from me? Moon Goddess, I’m tired of all the lies, and secrets. I show my necklace to Sylviana.

“Do you know anything about this? About the sun?”

She barely looks at it.

“Danny is right, Elena. You should talk to Reagan.”

I sigh and look at my necklace, that little, mysterious sunshine.

“Okay, I’ll just ask Reagan. As soon as I find her, I guess.”

“She’s in the north-east forest, Elena, but she’ll be back soon,” says Sylviana.

I nod. Well, at least I finally got to know where my mentor is hiding! I get up and head to the kitchen, exhausted.

“Babe?”

“I need a drink, after all this. Sylviana, do you drink wine?”

“I do, but you really shouldn’t drink, Elena.”

I frown while taking the bottle of white wine.

“Why not?”

I mean, I could really use a drink. Sylviana sighs.

“Elena, you can’t drink. You are pregnant.”

The bottle of wine drops and breaks at my feet. I don’t even care. I’m staring at Sylviana, still unable to process what she just said. I blink a couple of times. I try to breathe.

“Sorry, you… What?”

“You’re pregnant, Elena.”

Moon Goddess, no, no. I smile nervously, but there’s nothing joyous about it. I shake my head, unable to hear it. She’s wrong, she’s got to be wrong. It can’t be. How would she even know? I see Daniel, next to her, in the same state as me, his eyes going between Sylviana and me.

“I’m not pregnant. I’m not,” I just mutter.

“I’m sure. You are pregnant.”

“I’m not pregnant!” I yell.

I feel the tears before they even come out. My crying gets intense, erratic, loud. Daniel almost runs to me to try and help me calm down.

“Hey, babe, calm down, calm down.”

“I’m not pregnant, Danny, it can’t be, I’m…”

How could I be pregnant? I lost a baby before! I don’t even know if I can have another baby! I don’t feel pregnant at all, I don’t even know what I’m supposed to feel!

Daniel hugs me, patting my back and holding me against him.

“Danny, I can’t.”

“It’s okay, babe, I’m here, I’m here. Breathe. Calm down, Elena, it’s okay, babe. It’s okay…”

It takes a while for me to actually calm down. I cry, a lot. Because it’s too sudden, because I don’t, I can’t, hear about a pregnancy now. I’m not ready at all. I just freaking broke up with Nathaniel! How can I be pregnant now?

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