Chapter 39

• SLADE
• If I’d not been consumed in all those thoughts that day, I would have felt her close, I would have observed Asher’s usual agitation whenever she was within proximity. I like to convince myself that I didn’t owe anybody an explanation about what I did or how I lived my life, but she was carrying my baby, and I wouldn’t do anything to hurt a child I so desperately wanted. Hurting her meant I was hurting the child, and if I was going to be a responsible father, I had to start now, which is why I moved some of my work to the house for the meantime so that I can be able to keep a close eye on her.
• She didn’t welcome the idea of a bodyguard any more than she welcomed my decision to work from home for the next couple of days. The pregnancy was still in its early stage as the doctor said. Two weeks. It is not uncommon for miscarriages to occur in this stage of pregnancy and she needed to take things slowly during this period.