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367 Uncertainty

367 Uncertainty (Winona)

My heart pounds, and for a second, I can't speak. I look away from the screen, my stomach knotting up, thoughts swirling in my mind. Hall pass week was wild on two occasions.

Yes, there were condoms to start with. But can I be one hundred percent sure after that? No. No, I can't.

"Lisa..." My voice trembles as I force the words out. "I don't know. I don't think I did have unprotected sex, apart from with Jayden. But there's always a chance even with contraceptives..."

The silence on the other end stretches, heavy and suffocating. I watch Lisa's face as she processes what I've just said, her brow furrowing.

She knows me too well, knows when I'm not telling her everything. But how can I even begin to explain this mess? I barely understand it myself. This might get way more complicated. This may tear apart my family for good. Lisa finally breaks the silence, her tone firm and serious. "Winona, you need to find out. If there's even the slightest chance you're pregnant, you need to know who the father is. Or more importantly, who it isn't."

"I know," I whisper, my head spins with the 'what ifs." "But what if..."

"No what-ifs right now," she cuts me off, her voice sharper now. "You need to take a test, Winona. You need to know for sure. And if it's positive... then we'll deal with whatever comes after. We'll handle it. I will fly over right away." She makes it sound so simple, so black and white, but the panic rising inside me is anything but simple. If only this were a straightforward situation. If only I could guarantee who the father would be, if there's even a baby. God, what if there is?

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eyes, and I blink them

got your back, Winona. Always. Whatever happens, we'll figure

and feel the

keeps speaking, "but this is just the word of some crazy old woman right now. So just take

mind is racing, spiraling into a storm of

even if I am, carrying to full term is unlikely. Miscarriage is the highest probability. My heart

who the father is, it's still

now, almost like a balm for my frayed nerves. "Take the test, babe. And remember,

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a small,

it. The second you know, you call me. No matter what

"I will."

I stare at the blank phone, but my

father would be.

and

my thoughts circling like vultures. I had always assumed that if anything like this ever happened again, Jayden would

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