Free A Road to Let Go (Fallen Tuesday #4) by Karolyn James Page A

want people to think I ’ m a whore. ”
    “ Oh?
Aren ’ t you the one who came
back for Trent and ended up with me? ”
    Chloe stood. The chair fell back
and hit a wall. She covered her mouth and blinked as her eyes glossed over.
    “ How
could you say something like that? ”
    “ You
offered yourself to Trent, ” Jake said. “ Even after we
were together. That ’ s why
you were crying that one night …”
    “ No, ” Chloe said, lying with ease. “ No. ”
    “ I ’ m not going there right now, ” Jake said. He threw the bag to
the table. “ Look. ”
    Chloe opened the bag and took out
the pregnancy test. She looked at the box and then at Jake. “ What the hell is this for? ”
    “ I
want to see. ”
    “ See
what, Jake? ”
    Chloe was getting angry. She looked
nasty, ready for a fight.
    “ I
want to see it, ” Jake said. “ I want to see the test say
positive or plus or whatever it does …”
    “ Why?
You don ’ t believe me? ”
    Jake knew his answer needed to be
chosen carefully. “ I just
want to see, Chloe. Okay? You came to me and told me you were pregnant. How
many tests did you take? ”
    “ Three, ” Chloe said.
    “ Did
you see a doctor yet? ”
    “ It ’ s too early. But I have an
appointment …”
    “ When?
What date? What time? ”
    Chloe looked flustered. Her face
turned red as she was backed into a corner of lies. “ Uh … I didn ’ t mean it like that. ”
    “ How
did you mean it then? ”
    “ I ’ m making an appointment, ” Chloe said. “ Now that I ’ ve been feeling sick every
morning? ”
    “ Did
you throw up this morning? ”
    “ Yes. ”
    “ How
many times? ”
    Chloe opened her mouth and her chin
shook. “ I don ’ t believe this. ”
    “ Believe
what? ”
    “ You
really don ’ t believe me,
Jake. ”
    “ I
never said that. You just … I feel like I never get the whole story with you. Sorry. ”
    Chloe held the pregnancy test and
sighed. “ I can ’ t believe the man I love doesn ’ t trust me. ”
    “ Love? ”
    “ Yeah.
I love you. ”
    Jake didn ’ t reply. There was no way in hell he was going to
let that slip from his mouth. No matter what Chloe wanted or expected out of
him. Jake would not throw that around like it was nothing.
    “ Ouch, ” Chloe whispered. “ I can ’ t believe this is happening. You left yesterday and
everything was fine. This is the band's fault. Those guys hate me. Especially
Trent. He did all this, didn ’ t
he? ”
    “ No. ”
    “ Yeah,
he did. And the others. Mack always hated me. And Luke and Gray just go along
with whatever. Trent is bitter because he got arrested. He blames me, but I
didn ’ t force him to get
into a car while drunk. ”
    “ I ’ m not talking about that stuff, ” Jake said. “ I ’ m
talking about right now. I want proof. ”
    There it was. The word. Proof. That was the truth. It wasn ’ t
necessarily about seeing . It was about proof. That ’ s what he wanted. Proof that
Chloe was pregnant. And Jake knew he had every damn right to demand it.
    “ Fine, ” Chloe said. “ This is what you want then. ”
    “ Yes. ”
    “ I ’ m going to prove it all
to you then. Prove that I care about you. Prove that I love you. Prove that I
am pregnant. ” Chloe took
two steps and stopped. “ I
can ’ t believe I have to do
this. Like I ’ m some terrible
person. ”
    Jake didn ’ t reply. He felt himself cracking a little. The old
part of him wanted to rush to her and say he was sorry for bringing it up. It
didn ’ t seem right that a
woman should have to do this … but it was Chloe. This was a whole different set of circumstances.
    As Chloe stood looking at Jake, he
just waited her out.
    “ You
were the one that took me to bed, ” she whispered.
    “ You
let me. ”
    “ You
wanted me. ”
    Jake walked to the kitchen to find
something to eat. His stomach was empty, but his appetite didn ’ t exist at that moment.
    After forcing himself to eat, Jake
sat at the table and waited. He