While she had remained in touch with her cousin, Kayla was sharing very little information with Josh. She would only reveal that she was fine. Dawn continued avoiding his calls and she wasn’t staying at her house. He was eager to talk to her about the baby and anxious to know her state of mind. Did she regret their affair? How was she feeling about the baby? Was she happy? A million unanswered questions plagued him. He was beginning to feel desperate on Friday evening when he did his now customary drive by. His heart lurched when he saw her SUV in the drive. He almost expected her to ignore him as he knocked at the door. But she opened up right away. He could tell she had been crying. She was sniffing and her eyelids were puffy. Pregnancy hormones, he thought with dismay. Should they have kicked in already? “What’s wrong?” he asked, hoping she wouldn’t say it was something as trivial as a broken nail. “I lost my job.” “Dawn, I’m so sorry.” He didn’t think about it.
