The Knocking Started Right After She Told Me He Was Mine

Aid gives a damn.”

She ignored him.

“I tried calling you that afternoon. Then again two days later. Then I saw you at your office. After that…” She looked down at Noah. “I told myself I’d do it when I had a plan. Once I had a doctor. Once I had somewhere stable to live. Once I wasn’t standing there with my whole life in grocery bags.”

“And then?” I asked.continue reading …