CH 48 ~ Ex-Wife

Rennie cut across whatever he was about to say in an appallingly weak voice but, quiet and shaky though her statement was, it was enough to stop him in his tracks.

Alex went pale and sank back onto his heels as he absorbed the words.

"Are you sure?"

He asked quietly, one trembling hand reaching up to brush her soft hair from her face.

"I just took four home pregnancy tests in the space of two hours," 

Rennie confessed.

"End result: four pink strips all telling me that I'm going to be a mommy in a few months' time... I could take the remaining two tests that I have stashed away upstairs, but I couldn't force myself to drink any more water,"

She joked weakly and he didn't say anything, keeping his eyes glued to her face.

"So you see, Alex? You're just a few short months away from getting rid of your unwanted marriage, wife, child and life. No more need for pretense to fix everything,"