Chapter 50

Dimitri and Max had their doctor look Kyle over. They knew that for her to make her decision, she needed to know her options.

“This is going to be a bit cold,” the doctor said as he squirted the gel on Kyle’s stomach and started rubbing the probe around her stomach.

“There it is—here is your child. Would you like to hear the heartbeat?”

Kyle wasn’t sure if she wanted it, but she was afraid she would regret it. She looked at Max and Dimitri and nodded to the doctor.

The doctor turned the sound on, and when the patterns of the heart came through, Kyle knew she would love this baby regardless.

“All right, we are almost done. Let me just take some measurements and get you some pictures printed off.”

The doctor walked off to throw away his gloves and get Kyle a towel.

“So, it looks like you’re about ten weeks, and everything looks great.”

“What?” Kyle was surprised at how far along she was.

“You’re about ten weeks, according to the baby’s measurements.”

Kyle burst into tears.

Max and Dimitri realized what the doctor said and couldn’t help but smile.

Once the doctor left, Dimitri walked up to Kyle and kissed her.

“This means you were pregnant before you left; it means one of us is the father and not Cannin.”

Dimitri and Max were excited; they were going to support Kyle no matter what, but this was the best thing to happen out of the whole situation.

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“Why haven’t I seen Ryan since I’ve been back?” Kyle asked Max.

“He left.”

“Why did he leave?”

“He didn’t like how we were handling things with you; he thought we had failed you, which we did.”

“When was the last time you guys saw him?”

“The last night you communicated with us, but Varina has kept us updated.”

“I need to call him. Can I have your phone?”

Max handed her the phone, and she went through his contacts until she found Ryan’s number.

The phone rang three times before it was answered.

“Look, Max, he doesn’t want to talk to you. I told you to call my phone.”

“It’s not Max.”

Kyle heard a gasp before she heard Varina yelling at Ryan.

“Kyle?”

“Hey.”

“When did you get back?”

“Two nights ago. Dimitri came and got me.”

“Give me an hour, and I’ll be there.”

Ryan made it in forty-five minutes and went straight to Kyle. “I’m so fucking sorry. I’m sorry for everything.”

Kyle hugged her brother back. “It’s okay, this wasn’t your fault. What was your fault is forgiven. I’m happy here.

Kyle spent the rest of the night with Ryan and found out that Ryan was going to ask Varina to marry him and that he had fallen hard for her.

She told Ryan that she was pregnant but couldn’t bring herself to tell him that she was raped.

Kyle was happy to be home and realized that in this whole ordeal, she had found a family she wasn’t looking for.

~End of Book One~