(Brad)
The nurse disappeared behind the curtain.
I stayed where I was near the doorway. My eyes followed every movement on the other side of the room. I couldn't see much, but I could hear enough to know they were checking on Jade.
The paternity report was still sitting in the other room.
A few minutes ago it had felt like the most important thing in my life. Now I couldn't bring myself to care about it. The answer I'd spent days waiting for had been pushed aside by something else.
Jade was crying.
That was what stayed with me.
Not the result.
Not the report.
The sound of her crying.
I rubbed a hand over the back of my neck.
Nothing about today had gone the way I'd expected. I'd walked into the clinic thinking I was finally getting an answer. Instead I felt like somebody had tak
