Free Trusting Fate by H. M. Waitrovich Page A

high school too. I had been trying to clean up my act right before I found out that I was pregnant with Theo. I knew that I had been living a poisonous life and getting pregnant saved my life in more ways than one, ” she said.
    “ Gabby nothing about your past bothers me at all. Do I wish you could remember me, yes. But finding you again after all of these years of wondering what had happened is enough for me. We all have a past, and it ’ s okay. You have to learn to let go because the sooner you can do that, the sooner your heart will heal. ”
    “ I appreciate all of this Jace, I really do, but you cannot say things to me like you do. You shouldn ’ t love me, I am nothing special and I am no one important. ” Her words broke my heart because she was someone special; she was everything.
    “ I know you are hurting, but without pain, we cannot understand the beauty of healing, let me help you heal, ” I said, getting up and walking over to the chair she was sitting in. She was wearing a tight pair of jeans that came down to her ankles and had on a lose-fitting, long-sleeved shirt, but she never looked more beautiful. I knelt down in front of her like I was about to beg … beg to be the one she loved.
    “ Gabby, look at me, ” I demanded.
    She looked up and in her eyes I could tell that she was afraid, afraid of what was to come and afraid of the present.
    “ Jace please, I cannot do this. Not right now, I want you to be in Theo ’ s life if you are his father, I just feel so out of control right now. Just please give this some time, ” she said sternly.
    “ I have nothing but time, sweet girl, nothing but time, ” I said quietly.

Chapter 16
     
     
    Gabby
     
     
    The doctor came in and said that he had the results of the DNA test. My heart literally dropped into my stomach, I need to learn to suck it up. I asked the nurse if she minded sitting in with Theo while Jace and I went down the hall to an empty office to get the results. The walk to the office felt like a walk of shame … like I had done this really stupid thing 4 years ago and now I will soon be paying for it. My only hope is that whatever the outcome is I can make peace with it.
    We walked into the empty office, it smelled like a sterile room. Just like everything else at the hospital did. Dr. Walker motioned for us to have a seat and shut the door behind him.
    “ Gabby and Jace I have the results of the DNA as I said. I wanted to tell you both the news together in a private setting as these things can be difficult, ” he said giving me a slight smile. I was not ready for the results but I knew that I had to hear them.
    “ Ms. Thomas, Mr. Greene, the results were 100% a match. Mr. Greene is Theo ’ s father. I hope that this can be good news considering that Mr. Greene is donating his bone marrow, ” he said.
    I couldn ’ t breathe, I couldn ’ t think, and I couldn ’ t speak. I just got up covered my mouth with my hand to cover the cries that were coming out of it and ran out of the office. I raced down the hall and had to stop as I got the stairwell. I had to stop so that I could catch myself and my breath. Here is this fantastic man who I fell I fell head over heels for, who wanted nothing more than to just be with me and I pushed him away because he told me the truth. A truth that I longed for, for years I wanted to know who the man was that I forgot that gave me the greatest gift I could have ever dreamed of.
    Why was I so upset and why can I not just embrace this gift that was just given to me? Probably because I am … .I have serious issues. I put my head in my hands and began to sob. My heart is so full of love and sadness at the same it is just too much for one person.

 
    Jace
     
     
    Hearing the words that I have been patiently waiting to hear, that Theo was indeed my son was like they took a ton of bricks off of my shoulders and I can breathe again. But my fears quickly came back as I saw the look of horror on Gabby ’ s