never get her back if she was having another man’s baby. She was too loyal to leave Vincent without just cause.
“Well, if it is not our Isabel then he’s certainly working on it with someone else. But you can’t tell me that all this time they’ve lived together that this wasn’t a possibility?” His dad sighed, “Look, son, either she’s already pregnant or is well on her way. Either way, you need to decide if you want to be involved with that kind of drama. Is she worth it?”
It was no question for Jason. Isabel was worth the heartache, drama, and more. He’d proven that by not letting up the last nine months. But if she was pregnant, did he want to ruin any chances for her future happiness by trying to drive a wedge between her and the wolf?
He wished he had an answer.
Chapter 6
Isabel
With Vincent being unwilling to confide in her, Isabel did the only thing she could do. Call on her sisters for help.
“It’s been a while, Isabel.” Belinda, the middle sister, watched her with curious eyes as if trying to pick apart a puzzle. While Isabel might be good with numbers, Belinda was good at solving people. It was one skill Isabel needed right then.
“Lately, you only call us when you want something.” Her oldest sister, Lisa, took a sip from her cup of coffee, her blue eyes locking onto Isabel. She had always been the most stoic of the three sisters. Mature beyond her years but more blunt than Isabel was comfortable with.
“I know. I meant to drop by sooner, but things have gotten busy up at the house.” Isabel fidgeted with her own cup, her eyes now on the table.
Both of her sisters lived in Saint Paul, only Isabel had moved out to Rollings with her dad a few years ago. Even only thirty minutes away, none of them could ever agree on a place to meet, so whenever they did visit, they always went to May’s Diner. Kind of a dump but they had the best apple pie. The greatest part was there was a booth in the back that was secluded enough to have a private conversation without the busybodies ease dropping. This was one of those times she didn’t want to be overheard.
“Well, it’s understandable. I can imagine Vincent keeps you very busy.” Belinda remarked, a small smile on her lips.
“Not busy in the way you think.” Everyone assumed her and Vincent were going at it like bunnies. If they were Isabel wouldn’t be here now.
“Oh really? That’s hard to believe.” Lisa pursed her lips. “If I had that kind of man around me twenty-four seven I’d never leave the bedroom.”
“That’s what I wanted to talk to you about.” Isabel let her eyes trail out the window, not sure how to ask her question.
“Go on then. We don’t have all day. Michael is at daycare, and you know how much I hate letting those idiots watch him.” Lisa rolled her eyes. “They spend more time with their eyes on their cell phones than on the children.”
“I told you to just call Jaime if you weren’t comfortable sending my nephew there. She would have been perfectly happy to watch him.” Belinda nodded her head at Lisa.
“Like that would happen,” Isabel’s oldest sister growled.
Belinda’s girlfriend, Jaime, was an artist and made her own hours. While convenient, Lisa didn’t think an artist was any more responsible than those at the daycare. Lisa’s idea of a good parent was a nanny cam and locks on anything and everything that could be put in her two-year-old's mouth.
“Anyways,” Lisa turned the conversation back to Isabel. “What did you want to talk to us about?”
Isabel sighed, might as well get it over with. “Vincent and I haven’t slept together yet.”
There was a stunned silence all around their table, the sound of the diner in the background the only noise that reminded her that she had not gone deaf.
“Come again?” Belinda inquired, tilting her ear toward her as if she had heard her wrong.
“You heard me.” She crossed her arms over her chest and sunk a little deeper