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“Listen, I have no intention of doing anything to Hannah. I didn’t even know she was here. I had no plans to talk to her while I was in town.”
Foot, meet mouth, I think as Audrey’s mouth drops open.
It snaps shut and she shakes her head like she can’t believe the words that are coming out of my mouth. If I hadn’t heard my own voice, I wouldn’t have believed it either.
I lose all common sense where Hannah is concerned.
“Aunt Hannah wants sausage!” Teddy shouts as he runs down the hall and into the other room where Preston is ordering. “And bacon! And extra cheese! And a brownie for me!”
I chuckle and shake my head. “He’s an interesting kid. You’ve done a good job with him.”
She cocks an eyebrow. “Thank you. Now that you’re back, are you thinking of settling down here and starting a family?”
I shake my head and tuck my hands in my pockets. “A family isn’t in the cards for me. Honestly, I was never meant to be a father. Kids are just a bad idea and I’m sure that I would only be a disappointment to my wife.”
It’s at that moment that Hannah walks into the room with a toddler on her hip. For a second, I think that the child is Audrey’s, but when the little girl clutches Hannah’s shirt and buries her face in her neck, I know she isn’t.
“Good to know,” Hannah says, her voice icy as she looks at me. “Now that you’ve shared your opinion on children, would you mind stepping out of the way? We have to run an errand before the pizza gets here.”
I’m shellshocked as she walks out the door with the kid on her hip.
While I knew she moved on from me, I didn’t think that she would have moved on that fast. I have no clue what to say to her or how to explain what I did as she brushes past me.
I’m not sure that there are even enough words in the world to begin apologizing to her for what I did. For the danger I put her in.
She deserves better than anything I could give her. Maybe that’s why I offered her a polite smile before taking off in the direction of the nearest bathroom.
The door shuts behind me with a soft click as I flick on the light. I lean against the sink, gripping the edge of it and looking in the mirror.
Hannah has a kid with someone else.
She moved on from me so quickly that she has a toddler.
Though I want to, I can’t blame her for it. I probably would have done the same if I had been in her position.
Hopefully this dinner is quick, and I can get out of here without making a bigger idiot of myself.
Chapter Seven
Hannah
Ipushthestrolleralong the path in the park, my face tilted to the sun for a moment as I try to take in as many of the warm rays as I can. After nearly a week of rain and a horrible surprise last night, I need a little time outside with my daughter and my best friend.
“I’ve missed you this week,” Carmen, my best friend, says as she holds Kerrigan close. She tickles Kerrigan’s stomach, grinning at the toddler.
Kerrigan laughs and buries her chubby little fist in Carmen’s hair, giggling as she babbles something that makes sense only to her.
I grin as I watch my best friend and my daughter walk through the park. Though this moment was hard to picture when I first got pregnant, it’s easier to see now. Watching my friends and family with Kerrigan makes me happier than I could have ever imagined.
Sometimes I’ve thought that she’s missing a part of life without Holden, though I take solace in the fact that she isn’t short on love.
“So, how did last night go?” Carmen asks, looking over at me. “Getting a text about baby daddy was not enough information to go off of.”
“I don’t know what to tell you. Dinner was awkward at best. I ate pizza with them before taking off to my room as fast as possible. I don’t think Holden knows that Kerrigan is his daughter.”
“Would it be so bad if he does?”
I shrug and head toward the little café we usually get coffee at. “It could be. He’s going to be pissed when he finds out that he hasn’t known about his daughter for the last two years.”
