Chapter 106

Nate

I parked the car in the parking lot inside the building where we lived. It was one o'clock in the morning and I felt broken.

After the meeting with Dad we locked ourselves in the conference room to study the case that we would go to deal with in the weeks when we would be in Seattle, we had worked non-stop and we had not stopped for a moment except to have dinner. A beautiful takeout dinner we had had while we continued to discuss the case.

As much as I wish Jess wasn’t on maternity leave, at least she was going to go first to Seattle and get me out of the game.

As great an opportunity as a lawyer was, it was bad timing. I had no desire to leave Maya and Axel all that time alone. I didn’t even know if I could make it back at least the weekend, and in two weeks we had the other ultrasound.

What a shitty timing.

I sigh and I take the key out of the picture and then I get out of the car and I lock it.

I entered the elevator on the underground floor and pressed the floor of our apart