Page 43 of Finding Us Again

Sure thing, man. Everything ok?

MORGAN

Yeah! Everything is fine. I’m just trying to keep Charlie from working too hard.

She wants to help with shit she shouldn’t be helping with.

JACKSON

Is she okay?

MORGAN

Umm. Yeah. She’s pregnant, and I don’t want her overdoing it.

I could see his shit-eating grin and blushing face as if he were standing right in front of me. Charlie was a sweet girl; she’d captured Morgan’s heart just as quickly as Katie had captured mine.

JACKSON

Holy fuck! You didn’t waste any damn time. Congratulations.

Then, to Katie, I said…

JACKSON

Will this wrap up your PT?

KATIE

Yeah. At least, that’s the story today.

JACKSON

Well, shit. Morgan needs me to come to Pittsburgh early to help with wedding shit. Will you be alright here at the house with my parents if I head out early?

KATIE

Yeah. I’ll be fine. Will I see you before you leave?

JACKSON

No. Probably not. He chartered a plane. It’s waiting at the airport.

KATIE

Oh. Okay, then. I’ll catch up with you in a few days.

JACKSON

Absolutely sugar. I love you.

KATIE

I love you too Jackson. So much.

Ignoring how much those words hurt now that I knew she was hiding shit from me and lying, I texted Morgan.

JACKSON

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