Found (Firstborn) by Karen Kingsbury

Author:Karen Kingsbury
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: FICTION / Christian / General, FICTION / General
ISBN: 9781414341392
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2006-07-31T12:00:00+00:00

For a while Dayne just looked at her.

Katy tried to deny it, but there was no question he had longing in his eyes—a longing that had been there since the first time she saw him sitting in the back of the theater today. He didn’t look at her the way some guys did—as if they wanted to undress her with their eyes. No, the look on Dayne’s face was nothing like that.

His was a different kind of longing—a wanting for love and laughter and family and simplicity. All the things he had never been able to find.

She exhaled and pulled one of the pillows close to her. “Please talk to me, Dayne.”

The feelings evident in his eyes were so genuine and raw they almost hurt to look at. “Kelly and I . . . we’re finished.”

“What?” The word was a whisper, the slightest gasp. Katy had been certain he was going to finish his sentence with a dozen other choices. Kelly and I are in love . . . Kelly and I are getting married . . . Kelly and I are working things out. Never—not for one single moment—had she considered that this was what he’d come to tell her. She felt herself bristle, felt her back stiffen. So what if he and Kelly were through? What did that matter, given the circumstances? He was going to be a daddy, after all. She found her voice. “What about the baby?”

For a few seconds, fear and regret took turns coloring his face, and as he opened his mouth, his eyes grew damp. He shook his head and dropped his gaze.

“Dayne . . .” Katy couldn’t fathom what was causing this reaction. What had Kelly done? Told him he couldn’t share custody of his firstborn child? She waited, her hands trembling.

His eyes lifted to hers, and there was no mistaking the pain there. “There is no baby.” He blinked, and two tears fell onto his cheeks. “Not anymore.”

Katy was confused. There wasn’t a baby any—?

The truth hit her all at once, like a wrecking ball. She felt the blood drain from her face, felt her heart breaking. “Kelly had an abortion?”

Dayne squeezed his eyes shut and pressed his fist to his forehead. “She didn’t ask me.” For a long while he said nothing, couldn’t say anything. When he opened his eyes, there was no denying his depth of loss. “Katy, you’re the only one who would understand what I’m feeling.” He glanced out the window at the storm. “Abortion’s not a big deal in my world. Simple solution, a woman’s right to choose.” Anger hardened his tone. “But that was my baby too.” He looked at her, broken. “What choice did I get?”

“Dayne—” her own heart filled with sadness for him—“I’m so sorry.” This time she didn’t analyze whether it was right or wrong, whether it would only prolong this . . . whatever this was between them. Instead she took hold of his hand, the one resting on his knee.

He wrapped his fingers around hers.

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