Page 103 of Burning Love
“It was before you did anything. I noticed it and thought I was really worked up.”
He ran his hand through his hair. “Let’s not panic.”
“I’m not. I’m stating a fact to you. I’m going to run to the store and buy a test. I need to know. I can’t sit here and wonder about it.”
“I’ll go do it,” he said. “You lie down.”
“No. I feel fine now. I really do. That’s why I’m concerned and want to know.”
“Let’s go together.”
“You don’t have to.”
“Yes. I do.”
As scared as he was, he’d never let any woman do this alone.
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THEIR RELATIONSHIP CHANGING
“When is your mother due home?”
Talia turned to Jace as he drove her to the doctor three weeks later.
The first home test came back negative.
She breathed a sigh of relief and she and Jace relaxed and enjoyed their weekend together.
On Sunday when Jace left for work she’d taken another test because it wasn’t sitting well in her brain. This time it was positive.
When she looked at the box on the first one, she’d noticed it was expired after checking to see if it was possible to get a negative and a positive test.
She screamed a few times over the results, then sat and had a pity party that this was happening.
Her first thought was to call him, but she didn’t want to let him know at work.
Nor did she tell him for days later, waiting to take a third test just in case.
It was fifty-fifty in her mind and she had to process it.
That one was positive too.
She’d made a big mistake waiting to tell him after a third test.
He hadn’t been happy when she’d explained what was going on. Thinking back, he could have assumed she was hiding it from him, but she assured him she was just in a state of shock.
He obviously was too, but remained calmer than her.
She’d called her doctor to get in, but it was over two weeks before they’d see her. They wanted her past the six-week mark.
In that time she and Jace had spoken very little about it. She was afraid to bring it up; maybe he was too.
Talk about their relationship changing!
At this point, she was over three weeks late and the morning sickness told her how real this all was.
“She’s coming home on Monday.”
