(Author's POV)
She tried Jasper one more time.
The call went straight to voicemail. He had silenced his phone.
She didn't leave a message.
She set the phone down on the counter and pressed the heels of her hands against her eyes. Her belly tightened, briefly - the way it had been doing all week, small dry tightenings the obstetrician had told her to expect and not to worry about unless they came in patterns.
She breathed through it.
For the first time in her adult life, she did not know what to do.
(Aurora's POV)
I was on the sofa with my legs tucked under me, a mug of decaf tea steaming on the side table, when Phineas came home.
He didn't speak. He took off his coat, hung it up, came into the living room, sat down beside me, and placed his hand flat against my belly.
He left it
