RAFAEL 

I froze. It was like an entire wave had drained out of my system. Color drained from my face.

"For me?" I stuttered the word like it was another blow to my face—because of course, it was.

I couldn’t place the piece. When? Where? The last time...

Piece by piece, I remembered the night she had woken up by my side.

Fuck! Could it be then?

Freya, of all people, wouldn’t just lie about this. She had been faithful.

Her eyes, instilled with fear, met my very confused own.

Did she mean what she had just said Of course she did.

I had never thought about being a father...