erwhelmed by this situation right now, but we can make it

while looking at Kate wit

, wasn't I?"

what?" Kate

en dropping hints about it all year since your brother got married last year t

't have to insult my fam

'm just stating the obviou

my hard-earned money for you to buy diapers and baby food," he continued flippantly. "I'm not interes

n't just abandon me here with a baby. Do you realize ho

te. Do you know what year it is? Nobody cares about women h

in Sommerville,"

aunt in Atlanta? The one who taught you how to bake cookies and cakes.

st mine," Kate reminded him. "

Kate, and said, "You need to leave now. I'm ex

ate aske

"Don't bother asking me who

." Kate

He opened it and made a sweeping motion with his o

ppening. Kevin had not only denied being responsible f

him, hanging on to a tiny spark of h

ike the kind of man who falls in lo

evin she'd dreamed of marrying someday and having a brood of babies with would

"I've done you a favor by being honest with you. Wouldn't it be worse if I pretended

back on this day and thank me for doi

d was made up. He wasn't going to accept the b

Kevin didn't deserve her tears. She was a fool to have thought he had a single noble

ting on and she walked purposefully toward the front d

erve better. And yes, you were right. I'm going to look back on this day and remember it as the day I rescued my baby from

ishment and come up with a witty response to her scalding

y finally broke free and ran down her face. She had no idea what she was going

would be devastated. And her father? He would be crushed. He was her biggest cheerleader and

ked herself aloud through her flood of te

ake of giving herself to Kevin. She'd wanted to remain a virgin until she got marri

for her choices. How was she going