e preg
uiet hum she couldn't shut off. She sat frozen, staring blankly ahead
Isaac Mason's tall frame
r two years, always careful, alwa
hen Isaac came home drunk. It had happened just th
, water still clinging to his skin, a towel slung low around his waist. His toned body loomed ov
heat wrapping around her, and slid a h
ld it firmly. Her eyes lowered, her voice
ut he pulled away without a word. He gave her a quic
led even more, sp
d night-her first time. Isaac had promised to make it up to her i
n a rush to fulfill the old man's wish, Isaac came to
d, dragging them into a pit of debt. Her mother struggled just to k
etly loved for years. So despite every
d the paperwork, and officia
exchanged. And from the begin
two quiet, dista
d Caitlin think she'd one d
t keep it to herself. No matter what their
n his phone, left carelessly on t
screen made Caitlin's ch
ad always loved... bu
in instinctively turned her face away
amp and slightly tousled. The soft lighting made his ha
g in the corners of her eyes. Walking over, he gently cupped her cheek, h
say what had been weighing on her chest all day, but befo
rned and walked out onto the balcony. The glass door slid shut
ger. He went straight back into the closet and came
bt in her mind-he was
re. Watching him grab his car keys, she called out,
is lips. His deep-set eyes shimmered with quiet
n their younger days, when everything between them still felt new. That sa
y chased after him. "I... I have
as going to be a father. Maybe, just mayb
listen. "Let's talk tomorrow," he s
ar engine hummed up from downstai
g time before her lips parted
to the silence, just like all the unspoken fe
eyes wide open, staring into the darkness. Then, some
led on the other end. "Your mom's condition has taken a tur