DISBELIEVING

Nathan looks pained.

“I…I thought…once you had calmed down…”

“What part of our communications said that I was calming down? I was calm every time until you contacted me, and you would wind me up again. Seriously, Nathan, take a fucking hint!” I shove him in the chest again. “Now get out of here before I have Helen call the cops. I’m not in the mood to deal with any of this. Fuck off!”

“But, Lucia…”

I manage to turn Nathan around to push him toward the door, but he stops when he sees something on the table. It takes me a moment too long before I realize that he’s seen the pregnancy test. Helen seems to think the same thing because she’s snatching up the test and putting it behind her back before Nathan can get to it.

“What…Helen, what was that?”

“It’s nothing to do with you, Nathan,” Helen says, darting away as Nathan tries to reach behind her. “Just get out like Lucia wants.”

“I’m not…what you picked up…that was a pregnancy test, wasn’t it?” Nathan tries to grab at Helen, but she shov