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,” Dylan said, not even looking away from her. “Why are you here? Are you stalking me? Have you been following me around?”
    Journey felt the blood drain from her head. There was a roaring in her ears. He thought she was stalking him? This was just getting worse and worse. She should’ve just forgotten all about him. How did she not see that he was an asshole? She really didn’t want him anywhere near her son if this was the kind of jerk he was. Her mind was racing. Her palm itched to connect with his face. This man standing in front of her wasn’t the guy she spent an amazing two weeks with. This wasn’t the man who gave her the most precious gift ever. He must’ve stayed in Florida when Dylan got on the plane and left her.
    “For two years I looked for you. I sent letters to where you were stationed and sent letters to any Carter I could find in the phonebook. I shouldn’t have bothered.” Journey was close to breaking, but she wouldn’t do it here. Not in front of these people. “I wasn’t stalking you, asshole. I was trying to find you to tell you I was pregnant, and then I tried to find you after I had MY son. Had I not been here today, I may have never found you and Joey would miss out on knowing you, but now I wish I never did, because you are obviously not who I thought you were.”
    The silence around them was deafening. He didn’t move a muscle. He just stood there staring at her. Journey wasn’t sure how long they stood there until he opened his mouth and said the worst possible thing to her.
    “Are you even sure he’s mine?”
    She jerked her head like she’d been slapped . It did feel like he had slapped her and ripped out her heart. Reaching into her clutch, she pulled the picture she kept with her of Joey when he was six months old. She had carried it around with her phone number written on the back so if she had ever found him he could have it so he knew how to get a hold of her. Slapping it to his chest, she let go and backed away from him.
    “See for yourself : he’s yours. Call if you want and we’ll figure out visitation. If not, I don’t care, since we’ve been doing just fine on our own.” She turned to Stacy and Dustin, Stacy looked like she wanted to reach out to her, but didn’t. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean for this to happen here. Congratulations.”
    Because she was a glutton for punishment, she turned to Dylan’s date, who was looking at Dylan with a pissed off expression. Good. “I’m sorry to ruin your evening. That wasn’t my intention.”
    Not waiting for a response , she turned, walking to the door as quickly as possible. The tears fell freely as she made it outside. What was she going to tell her son when someday he asked about his daddy? She’d never tell him the truth; why subject him to the hurt? Climbing into her car, she started it up and took a minute to collect herself. She was wiping her eyes when there was a knock at her window. Zach stood there, so she got out.
    “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. Maybe we should just call it quits.” She stepped up to him, and reaching up on her toes, she placed a kiss on his lips. “I’ll see you around the school.”
    Turning to get into the car , he stopped her with his hand. “Journey, why are you apologizing? Is that what you want? To stop seeing each other? Because I don’t want that. I really like you, Journey. We’ll figure this out, okay?” He kissed her forehead. “Do you want me to come with you?”
    Journey shook her head . “No, you stay. They’re your friends; you should be here. Nan’s keeping the kids all night, so maybe I’ll catch a movie or something. I’ll talk to you later.”
    “Dammit! I don’t want you to be alone right now.” Before she knew what he was doing, he was leading her around to her passenger side and helping her in. She put on her seatbelt and watched Zach climb in the other side. He handed her his cell phone. “Okay, sweetheart, see what’s playing, but no chick