Chapter Forty-Seven

I avoided talking to Rylee about the pregnancy and when she brought it up I changed the subject and after a while she stopped mentioning it. The blood tests confirmed she was four weeks along and I still had no idea how to process it.

Days turned to another few weeks as I met Jasper once a week either in Chicago or at The Drake. We would drink and he would chase women as I drank some more. Some nights I went home and other nights I didn’t and Rylee never asked me what I did or where I went. I usually ended up sleeping on the couch in my office.

My phone woke me at three am one morning just as I had fallen asleep on the couch in my office at The Drake and I sat up reluctantly and looked at the caller ID. I answered it hastily as I saw his name flash on the screen.

“Timothy,” I said.

“Hey,” he breathed sounding excited.

“What’s going on?” I asked him.

“The site’s active but it’s very hush hush almost nothing is being said on the main screen, instead it’s asking buyers to verify their id