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"NoReagan, no!"

I burst into strained sobs, unable to try and brush it off as sohteenI’d been stressing over hidingfor almost a o and was having a baby

All the emotions crashed down on me, and no ht then

"M-­h the near-­hyperventilating crying

"No What have you done?" she shrieked as she backed away from me

"Mom, please!"

I followed her into my bedroom, and our heads turned toward my door when heavy footsteps sounded on the stairs My older brother burst into my roo home? He usually isn’t home for another few hours

I panicked when I saw the look of horror cross both their faces Their eyes were glued to my stomach I quickly pulled my shirt down to cover it, but my ar my baby from as about to happen

"Daddy," I cried, and started to take a step toward hi to kill hian, whispered "I swear to God I’ll kill hiain

My chest ached, and the tears somehow--im­possibly--fell harder "Moan, tell ave out beneath an yelled back as he walked h as it is, you’re not helping anything"

When ere sitting, I gripped my brother’s hand like a lifelinethe only way I could thank him in that moan, her voice still shrill "Did you know this, and you kept it from us?"

"Austin wouldn’t be alive if I’d known about this! But you’reis stressing her out!"

"Don’t tell me how to react to this situation! Don’t you dare! Get out of the roo o hunt Austin down But we need to cal to help the baby"