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I got to toithout any incident and parked in the parking lot of the first drugstore that I found Moving as quickly as I could without going at a flat-out run and calling attention to h aisles until I found the display of pregnancy tests There were far more of them than I anticipated The sheer variety of options available was shocking, and for a briefoverwhelmed and unsure of which one to choose

There was no way I could deal with it being wrong Or too difficult to read

I foundover my shoulder a few times while I scoped out the tests It felt like there were eyes onnew That hat I felt like almost all the ti at me

And it was entirely possible so in and atching to see what else I was going to do

I finally chose one and hastily paid for it Armed with my receipt, I moved as fast as possible to the bathroom at the back of the store I read the instructions to ht and took the test The next couple of , but finally it was time to check the little screen

And then check it again Then read the instructions and check it again

No matter howfor soe The test was positive I was pregnant

My thoughts were rushing through my brain at a million miles an hour I didn’t kno to slow theh I was pretty sure this was going to be the outco confir totally different I felt like s

I didn’t kno long I stayed there in the bathrooure out what to do Finally, I forced myself to throw the test away and walk out of the bathrooh the store, I left, trying to plan my conversation with Aiden in my head as I went

Trying to decide what I was going to say to hih attention to everything around

Just before I got to the truck, I felt so hit me in the back, a hand claround I tried to screa to thrash out of the grip was futile Whoever had ht out of his arms

I couldn’t see their faces, but I knew there were two of them, and I knew exactly who’d sent therabbed me, they threw me into the open back of a van, slaer seats to drive me away from the store

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I kneas a bad idea formy truck back to his place The cabin had been e to check onvisited He said it had been left relatively untouched fros I asked for and tossed the it back to his place while one of Al’s ave us an extra vehicle if we needed to escape

Now Desiree was in town, driving a truck that was already known by the people ere looking for her and in treer

She had been acting weird since I nant, and my mind immediately zeroed in on that fact I couldn’t help but wonder what happened Was she pregnant? Or worse,pregnant and I insulted her or hurt her It was a flippant comment, and I shouldn’t have made it Now, all I could do orry and put all the bla with my truck

“She’ll be back soon,” Brett said fro roo the road intently

“I hope so”

“Al sent somebody down after her,” he said “She’s just stir-crazy, man She’s used to New York City, and since she’s been in Tennessee, she’s essentially been in lockdoith people she didn’t really know the entire time Give her a minute”