“Nah.” I take my cellphone out of my pocket and ship a textual content. “I’m texting Colby. I’m simply going to attend for him out entrance.”

Clay nods. “You doin’ okay with all this, Beckett?”

I recognize his concern, however the very last thing I need to do is have a heart-to-heart about this shit proper now. I would like to determine what the hell’s happening inside my head first.

“I suppose we’ll discover out quickly sufficient.” I shrug, truthfully unsure how else to reply that. “I’ll so long, man.”

He lifts his chin. “Later.”

A couple of minutes after I step out into the starry night time, Colby Mitchell, often known as Sheriff Mitchell, often known as my greatest buddy since highschool, is pulling up in entrance of Dive Bar, Hope’s one and solely ingesting institution.

He rolls the window down on his Explorer. “You recognize the sheriff’s workplace will not be your private Uber service, proper?”

I belt out amusing. “If we had a rattling Uber service on this city, I wouldn’t want you. It does turn out to be useful the station is true down the highway, although.”

“Yeah, yeah. Hop in, asswipe.”

He waits till I’m buckled up earlier than pulling out of the lot. “What’s happening, man? It’s not such as you to throw ‘em again when it’s a must to work the following day.”

I groan, looking the window. “Presley’s again on the town.”

He whistles. “Shit. That’s tough, buddy.”

“Inform me about it. Even higher, I feel one thing’s fallacious, Colby. Clayton and Mrs. J. are being extraordinarily imprecise, however I’ve a sense no matter introduced Pres again in any case these years isn’t good.”

“And also you’re involved about that? After what she did to you?”

“I positive as hell don’t need to be. My life’s fucking sophisticated sufficient. Nic’s pissed I didn’t inform her the second I came upon.”

Colby laughs. “I guess. However to be truthful, it doesn’t take a lot to piss that lady off.”

I giggle with him. “True.”

“So, what are you going to do?”

“I don’t know.” I shake my head. “I don’t fucking know.”

Chapter Fifteen

Presley

– Age 18

“Please be unfavorable,” I encourage. “Please be unfavorable.”

This shouldn’t be occurring. I’m on the capsule, but my interval is eight days late. When Mama discovered that Beck and I have been having intercourse, she drove me to the physician’s workplace the very subsequent day to get me on contraception. She mentioned, “There’s no manner you’re making me a grandma proper now. It’s unhealthy sufficient I’ve to fret about your brother and his philandering methods.” I don’t know the way she knew, however I’m a horrible liar, so I didn’t even strive denying it. She advised me we have been too younger, and she or he didn’t prefer it, however she additionally remembered what it was wish to be younger and in love. If I needed to be sexually energetic, a minimum of it was with a boy she liked as a lot as her personal youngsters. I used to be sixteen on the time and haven’t missed a single capsule since then.

I stare on the little white stick from throughout the lavatory. I drove two cities over instantly after college to purchase a being pregnant take a look at. I wasn’t going to danger bringing it dwelling, so right here I’m, standing within the restroom on the drugstore, ready for my outcomes.

I take a deep breath when the timer goes off on my cellphone. As I method the counter, I say yet one more little prayer that my complete future isn’t about to explode in smoke. I decide up the take a look at and instantly hone in on the pink plus signal staring again at me.

“No-no-no-no-no! This could’t be occurring!”

I drop the stick when there’s a knock on the door. “Miss, are you okay in there?”

Crap, I have to’ve mentioned that too loud.

“Uh… yep. I’ll be proper out.”

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