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“It’s okay,” I whimper, as Bailey wipes my tears aith her shirtsleeve “I am so, so sorry I haven’t told you I just… I just haven’t knohat to do”

“How far along are you?” she asks

“About four months A little more than that”

“Are you seeing a doctor?”

“Yeah, one not too far from campus But Bails, no one else knows Not even my parents Not even the baby’s father”

Bailey tugs otten container of cookies between us

“Why not?” she asks “Doesn’t he have a right to know?”

“He… he…” A neave of tears bursts through the da torn in half Part of me wants to lie and say that the baby’s father is so and broke to support a baby Part of me, of course, wants to finally reveal the truth: that the father ofto have a half-sibling And to tell her theto do with our child

“Is he soently

I have to make a decision Now It’s difficult, but I decide that I can’t keep this information hidden forever Besides, I need a friend so badly at the moment, and Bails is the only one who I can talk to I just hope it doesn’t blow up in my face

“Bailey,” I say, once h for me to speak, “I don’t kno to say this, and I don’t kno you’ll react But… my baby’s father is your dad It’s Rick He’s the father”

“What?!” Bailey’s eyes grow huge, and her hands fly to her mouth in shock “Are you serious?”

“Yeah,” I say, hanging: hoe confessed our attraction for each other that night at the hospital; hoere secretly seeing each other forso nant, and he had said he didn’t want anythe baby, so I just…”