Mercy for the Fallen by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 0000000000000
Published: 2024-02-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

I was right. It was awful. I wasn’t sure what hurt more – the idea that he’d moved on, or the idea that he’d moved on with her and found his happy ever after. Not that I had anything against Luz, I liked her, but he’d never had anything more than lukewarm feelings for her. How exactly had she stepped in and taken my place? And to name his daughter Parker... that was our inside joke. I didn’t find it the least bit funny now.

“He’s married to Luz.” I glanced down at the engagement ring on my finger, the ring he’d placed there barely a month ago, by my way of thinking. How long had he waited before he’d given up on me entirely? Shame flooded me in the next instant. How could I feel angry and betrayed by a man who I’d abandoned? Just because I hadn’t meant to didn’t change anything in his reality. How could I begrudge him his chance at a happy family life?

But I did, dammit... In that instant all I wanted to do was march down to that house and pull her ass out by the hair for moving in on my man. I wanted to make him love me again the way I loved him. Maybe he still did? Maybe he’d see me again and...

“Mercy, are you alright?” Daphne asked, covering my hand with hers.

“No, not really,” I admitted, twisting the ring on my finger. “I just... I guess I didn’t expect everything to change so much while I was gone.”

“Well... it has been five years. A lot of things have changed.” Her other hand rested on the faint swell of her belly and I caught the familiar gesture. I’d done it a thousand times or more when I’d been expecting Eve.

“You’re pregnant!” I sucked in a breath, careening around the kitchen island to give her a careful hug when her ecstatic face confirmed my guess. “Daphne, this is fantastic! Why didn’t you say something?” Probably because I’d been too busy asking questions about my own life as usual. Then I noticed the simple gold band around the significant finger. “Pregnant and married too? When did this happen? You have to tell me all about him. Are you having a boy or a girl?”

“Why don’t you have a seat and I’ll make us a more substantial snack. Sam will be home soon and we can all catch up the rest of the way together.”

I was about to take a seat again, but that last bit brought me up short. “Wait... Sam? My Sam?”

“He’s kinda mine now...”

I couldn’t process it, it was too much. How in the hell could that have happened? Weren’t they at all worried about the fallout from the man upstairs? “You’re married to Sam? The food can wait...”

“I know, it’s amazing, right?” Daphne positively glowed with happiness. “I couldn’t believe it when he showed up out of the blue, and we’ve never been apart since. I mean, we’re apart sometimes, like now.

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