Free Stacked Up: Worth the Fight Series by Sidney Halston Page B

You used me for sex.”
    She snorted out. “I used you for sex? That’s ridiculous. When exactly would’ve been the right time to tell you—after we slept together or before? When you’ve made it clear you didn’t care to have kids anytime soon? When you said you wanted to have fun and travel the world?”
    “You had a goddamn year, Penny.”
    “Don’t use the Lord’s name in vain that way.” She glared at him.
    “Seriously? That’s what you’re preaching at me?” He paced up and down. The door to the small waiting room opened, and their group of friends walked in.
    “No way that’s JL’s kid,” Francesca murmured, nodding at Belle.
    “What is wrong with you people? Don’t you know the difference between a thirteen-month-old and a newborn?” Penny exclaimed.
    “Whose child is that, Penny?” Violet asked gently.
    “Her name is Sarabelle, and she’s mine.”
    “Whoa!” Tony said, glancing at Travis.
    “Has anyone checked on JL?” Cain inquired.
    “Enzo said he’d come by and let us know. Her water broke, but she’s not dilated much yet,” Penny disclosed.
    After they had all sat down, Violet gently reached her arms out toward Belle and asked gently, “Why didn’t you tell anyone you had a baby, Penny?”
    With a sigh, Penny handed the sleeping baby to Violet, who cooed over her.
    “Look, Cain. Isn’t she precious?” she asked, looking up at her fiancé.
    “She is,” the quiet man agreed.
    “So…?” Jessica, Slade’s girlfriend asked, looking first at Belle and then at Penny.
    “It’s a long story. I promise I’ll tell you—I’ll tell everyone,” she said with a glance at Travis, who was sitting on the far side of the room and seemed…betrayed? Mad? She wasn’t sure. “But after I talk to Travis.”
    “Let him cool down first, then go talk to him. He’s just reacting,” Violet advised. “Travis has always been that way. He’s impulsive—says and does the first thing that pops into his mind. He’s a great person, but sometimes he does stupid things. I’m not saying to forget the crappy thing he said. It was bad—you should punch him in the nose or something. But after everyone’s calmed down, you two should talk.”
    —
    Travis had to get out of the small waiting area, so he stormed out and paced the hall outside. He was overwhelmed with emotions. He was scared shitless for his sister, he felt utterly horrified by the things he’d said to Penny, and he was absolutely seething with anger at the fact that she hadn’t told him about the baby. Even the long hall felt too small for his temper.
    Just then he saw Iggy walking down the hall.
    “Hey, man, I heard about JL,” Iggy called. Then he got closer and saw the expression on Travis’s face. “What the hell’s eating you?”
    In the last month or so, Travis had begun hanging out with Iggy when Iggy was in town, and they’d gotten fairly close. Part of it was that ever since Travis’s best friend had knocked up his sister, they’d been holed up honeymooning, and Travis and Iggy were the only two single guys left in their group.
    “Don’t want to talk about it,” Travis growled.
    “So it’s pussy,” Iggy decided. “She’s either not giving you enough or giving it to someone else. Which is it?”
    “Shut the fuck up, man.”
    “I’m messing with you.” Iggy peered into the waiting room through the window in the door. “Whose kid is Penny holding?”
    “Hers.”
    “I didn’t know she had a kid, man.”
    Travis snorted. “Yeah, well, that makes two of us.”
    “Seriously?”
    Travis nodded. “I mean, I’ve known her for a goddamn year. I thought we were friends. And I just find out now, today? Bet if we weren’t thrown into this situation at the hospital she wouldn’t have told me.” He cocked his arm back and punched the vending machine. “Motherfucker,” he cursed, shaking his painful hand.
    “Nice. Screw up your hand. It’s not like you’ll need it to fight, right?” He took