Past Forward- A Serial Novel: Episode 16 - Plot & Excerpts
The test was gone. He hurried into their bedroom and eyed the bedside tables, but nothing was there. Back to the bathroom, he glanced in the trash and found the wrapper but no instructions and no used—the test at last. Comparing instructions to test, it was obvious to Chad that the test was negative. Disappointment washed over him. He’d been so sure. Why was she so sick if she wasn’t pregnant? Willow was never sick and had little opportunity to catch anything anyway. The sound of the back screen door banging softly against the doorjamb told him she was up and dealing with her own discouragement. She sat on her heels stuffing the stove with wood and mumbling something under her breath. “You’re awake.” “I think we’re a pair of geniuses. I was just about to make the same observation.” Chad’s heart constricted at the pain in her eyes, but he didn’t move closer. “Lass, it’s not the end of everything. There’s always next month, or the next, or even next year or so.”
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