Chapter Fifty-Two

Camden stared at his phone, Valerie's two little words echoing in his ears. "I'm pregnant." "I'm pregnant."

He felt like he had just been thrown a hand grenade with the pin pulled and that any second now it would explode in his face.

"What did you just say?" He didn't know why he was asking; his hearing was just fine.

"You heard me." Valerie's tone shifted from conciliatory to triumphant. She was