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390 Results Not Helping (Winona)

Just after lunch on Monday, Klara is on the cottage doorstep. The kids are in lessons at the estate and I'm reading through all the future suggestions Jayden emailed me on the front porch.

She's balancing a large, rustic basket on her arm. She smiles warmly, setting it down on the wooden table with a soft thud. The assortment of jars, oils, and fresh produce inside exudes an earthy and comforting

scent.

"Some of the best we have-jams, honey, cheeses, and some of my own oils and remedies. Viktor mentioned Jayden wanted to thank me for the welcome basket I sent you, so I thought there better be one here when he got back." "It's perfect," I say, touching a jar of dark amber honey. "Thank you, Klara."

She inclines her head, but I notice her gaze flicker briefly to her handbag, her expression turning slightly

more serious.

She reaches into her bag and pulls out a small envelope, setting it on the table between us. My heart starts pounding as I look at it, dreading what it might confirm.

"These are your results for how far along you are," she says, her voice gentle but steady. "I wanted to bring them myself."

"Not the DNA confirmation?"

interfered. But they said two

envelope, feeling a mixture of anticipation and

start."

meeting

races. In my mind I'm praying it confirms I'm less than three months pregnant. That clears hall pass week. I open the envelope and unfold the results. My eyes scanning

murmur. "I was hoping it would be less,

warm as she places it over mine. "This only tells us the timing, nothing more.

it means there's a chance he isn't." My

he isn't? How will I tell him? How can he ever forgive me

He can't, and he won't. Especially if the father is his best friend or a man

been so stupid? I could have had sex with anyone and yet I chose men who could only ever

her thumb rubbing soothing circles over my knuckles. "Winona,

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must find ways to calm yourself, to create a place for love,

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