Chapter 6. Runaway

Ava’s POV

My knees buckled under me and I let out a loud cry as I sank to the ground.

“Hey, hey, relax,” Raelynn held me the instant I’d struggled to say the words. “Trust me, it’s going to be okay. Please, just calm down.”

“How?” I spat. “How is it going to be okay? I’m still trying to get my life back on track and now I have to worry about another life.”

“You don’t have to rush anything,” she continued.

I had decided, as certain as I was ever going to be.

“Max needs to know about this,” I said to her.

“He doesn’t care, Ava. Neither will he accept you and this child!” she yelled back at me. “He slept with you, impregnated you, and is getting married to someone else. Will he love you and this child properly?”

I winced at her words but I shook my head in any case. “This baby is his too, he has to know.”

“And then what are you going to do if he talks you into getting an abortion?” Raelynn asked. “And what if he does that to