Betrayed by My Fiancé: Left Pregnant in the Rainforest novel · Chapter 17 of 32
Chapter 17: Twenty-Six Weeks
Sam moved before I did.
He put himself between us, close enough that Jared had to step back or touch him.
Jared stepped back.
"You just said that in front of twenty people," Sam said.
"Then twenty people heard a father who wants his child."
"You told a police officer she isn't yours."
Jared smiled at him.
"I'm a man who's allowed to change his mind."
He turned and walked off through the crowd.
People moved out of his way without being asked.
The buyer from Oregon had lowered his phone.
He looked at me for a second.
"I heard that," he said. "If anybody ever asks."
Then he went back to shouting about shelves.
For four days the news did what Jared's posts had done to me, only backward.
THAYER LOSES IRONWOOD LICENSE.
SALON CHAINS PULL THAYER STOCK.
Two big chains in California sent letters. A distributor in Texas froze its orders.
Sam read me the headlines at breakfast in his kitchen, one each morning, in the same flat voice.
I didn't celebrate.
I kept hearing it.
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