บททั้งหมดของ The Strong - The Ashford Brothers Series - Book Three: บทที่ 51 - บทที่ 60

Bonnie POVI open the door and Carly storms inside as she holds her umbrella. “It’s raining cats and dogs outside. I hate this weather,” she complains as she removes her raincoat and gives it to me. I place everything in its rightful place as Carly passes her fingers through her hair, detangling it.“Did you bring it?” I ask as I can’t wait any longer. Her eyes meet mine, and she nods as she opens her bag and takes out four different tests.“I didn’t know what you wanted, so I asked the woman and she said these are the best ones,” Carly says and I nod. I look at the four boxes and she raises an eyebrow, looking at me.“Are we going to stand here or are you going to pee on the stick?” She asks and I look at her and nod.“Yes, yeah, I need some sort of container to pee,” I say and she shakes her head as she scrunches her nose.“That is absolutely disgusting. It

Jude POV“What time is the appointment?” I ask as I do the knot for my tie. Bonnie raises her head and looks at me.“Three,” she says, going back to her newspaper. She’s been obsessed with everything that is happening to her. I can understand why, but this is not healthy. She’s collecting articles and not sleeping properly.“I’ll come pick you up and we’ll go together,” I say and she nods as if not really paying attention to what I am saying. Suddenly she shifts positions on the bed and sits on her feet, lifting the newspaper.“What the fuck?” She lets out and I walk to her, peaking over her shoulder at the article she is reading. It’s about Meredith and I close my eyes for a few seconds before I turn my back and sit on the end of the bed, putting my shoes on.“Did you know about this?” She asks, putting the newspaper down and standing in front of me. How did

Bonnie POV“I really don’t know how to ask him,” I say, and Carly shakes her head slightly.“Okay, this is crazy, you need to sit down with him and tell him you want to know who the father is, not that you tell that excuse of a man he is the father, in case he is, but you need to know all the genetic issues the baby might have,” Carly says and I nod.“I know. It’s been three days since the appointment and I can’t bring myself to say anything. It’s almost Christmas, and I am trying to figure out how to ask Jude to do this. I shake my head, pushing away the thought of uncertainty that I am feeling right now.“You need to do it sooner rather than later. Being like this is not good for you,” she tells me and I nod.“How’s your mom?” she asks me and I shake my head.“She’s okay. She’s navigating this new wave of being called a whore. She’s

Jude POVAs I walk out of my office, Julie is sitting next to the new girl she hired. She is young and seems to be competent, otherwise, Julia wouldn’t have hired her. She barely makes eye contact with me and I like that. I don’t need another person trying to meddle in my life. I need Julie to keep my schedule working and the new girl that I don’t even know the name to do her job without disturbing any of us.“Don’t forget you have a meeting in fifteen minutes,” Julie says as I walk past her. I nod my head as I grab my phone and put the alarm on. I just need to get some fresh air because my head is about to explode. I have been dealing with Bonnie’s craziness for the past couple of days, and her hormones are really playing up.I look at the messages she sent and I can’t help but chuckle as the elevator door close and I am alone. “Can we please have a hamster?” It’s her question. I roll my eyes as

Bonnie POV “Hi my dear, how is he?” Camila asks as she approaches me while I sit in the waiting room. We’ve been here for more than one hour and no one has come out to say anything. “I don’t know, I am sorry,” I say as the tears roll down my cheeks and Camila pulls me into a tight embrace. I never thought I would get a close relationship with Jude’s mother. I always heard she was cold and distant, but this is not that type of woman. “Bonnie, where is he?” I hear Dylan’s voice behind me, accompanied by footsteps. I pull away from their mother’s embrace and look over my shoulder to see Jude’s brothers all standing behind me. They all look as worried as I feel. “He’s through those doors,” I say, pointing at the glass double doors and Richard nods as he walks to them and presses the button to open the doors. “You can’t go there, staff only,” I say and he ignores what I say and walks in. Dylan and Fred sit next to me while their mother sits on the other si