Chapter 22

• It was a long quiet ride home. My dad drove Ann’s car behind us, we hadn’t told him anything. I was still thinking of a way to tell Ash, imagining all his reactions to the news but one thing I knew for sure was he wouldn’t like it, not one bit.
• I stood at the door, gathering as much courage as I possibly could to walk through it. Ann and Maria stood next to me quietly waiting for me to move. I was left with little option but to enter the house when my dad opened the big metal doors wide.
• “Lee! I’ve been so worried!” Ash was frantic. I barely made it through the door before he picked me up. I quickly put my folded arms between us to keep my baby bump from touching him.