Hold on Through the Pain by Julia Bright

Author:Julia Bright [Bright, Julia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 47867635
Publisher: Julia Bright
Published: 2019-08-20T00:00:00+00:00

10

Shannon hadn’t recovered from the bug, and another worry sat heavy in her gut, making it difficult to breathe if she thought about it too much. After her test, she headed to the bathroom to get sick again. She was washing her face when one of the girls from class stepped in, shaking her head.

“When are you going to take that test?”

The question threw Shannon, and she lifted her brows. “I just finished.”

“Not that one. You know—peeing on the stick type of test.”

The words filled her with fear, and she started shaking her head. “No way. I’m not pregnant.”

Hearing her own fears thrown in her face made her worry grow even more. She swore Striker had used a condom every single time. But what if…?

“You don’t look so good,” the woman said.

Shannon drew in a slow breath. She still had a half day to go before she could rush out and buy a pregnancy test. The worst part of this, Striker had just left for his two weeks away and was unreachable.

The minutes ticked slowly by, the wait painful. After class, she caught a ride home, then walked over to the pharmacy. Her father had decided that after graduation she wouldn’t be able to use the car he’d been letting her drive. He’d taken it away two days ago and decided to sell it. He wouldn’t even let her offer a payment plan. Said he didn’t want the bother of collecting money from her.

When she’d asked to live at his place while she went to school, she’d known he didn’t want to really help her. The only reason he agreed to let her stay was to keep his house clean. Now, she had no way to get to school other than public transportation or begging rides. She thought he was being mean just for the heck of it, but that was his way.

Once she got home, she headed to the bathroom and opened the package for the pregnancy test. This was the first time she’d ever even seen a pregnancy test up close. Her hands shook as she read the instructions. After she set up the stick beside the toilet, her stomach rolled from fear, not sickness.

What if Striker asked her to abort the baby? Could she do that?

No question, if she was pregnant, it was Striker’s baby. She hadn’t had sex for almost a year before him, and there’d been no one after him.

She pulled out her phone and looked at her calendar, counting back the weeks since her last period. It had been too long. School had left her exhausted, and she’d forgotten to do things like track her period.

The only way to know if she was pregnant was to take the test.

Her hands shook as she held the stick. This was one of the most awkward things she’d ever done. Once she’d finished, she capped the stick and set it aside.

The unmistakable rumble of her father’s truck pulling into the driveway sounded. Panic flared. She shoved the pregnancy test along with the paper into a drawer and washed her hands.

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