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hypoglycemic thing, but she’d never fainted. Unease swirled around in her stomach and her hands started to shake.
    “I don’t know. Jace called and asked if his friend could stay. Then we were standing there talking and I passed out.” All true. Still, guilt tugged at her for not telling her friends everything.
    “Has that ever happened before?” Betsy asked from the backseat.
    “No.”
    She should have known he was bad luck. He got her into bed and now made her faint, the jerk.
    “You should have let him bring you in, Freckles. I would have come down there,” Sidney said.
    That probably would have been the smart choice, but it just felt too weird to have him take her to the hospital. That was something people you knew did for you. Or strangers who happened upon an accident or something. Not your one-night stand. Talk about embarrassing. The whole thing was a mess.
    Rowan covered her face with her hands and groaned.
    She suddenly wanted to cry. But she wasn’t a crier and didn’t know where it came from. “I don’t even know the guy…” Again, not a lie. She didn’t know much about him at all. He was a flirt. He knew Jace. He drove her crazy. Made her laugh, think all sorts of naughty thoughts she shouldn’t, and was incredible in bed. That was about the extent of it.
    Luckily they pulled up at the hospital and she didn’t have time to continue. Betsy insisted on grabbing a wheelchair for her, which she tried to fight tooth and nail.
    “I’m fine.” Despite her protests, she ended up in the wheelchair.
    When they entered the emergency room, the nurse got her information and then took her straight back. They weren’t very busy, for which Rowan said a silent prayer of thanks. Betsy and Sidney stayed in the waiting room, and she promised to send for them if she needed anything.
    She could tell they wanted to come back, but Rowan was used to doing things on her own. One of the side effects of fading to the background while growing up.
    She shook as she changed from her clothes into the stupid gown. The room was freezing and her stomach was a mess as she answered even more questions from the new nurse. Had this happened before? Did she have any medical conditions? How did she feel? Did she hit her head? Could she be pregnant—
    “Excuse me?” she asked, her heart suddenly tripling its speed.
    “Is there any chance you could be pregnant?” the nurse asked again.
    Rowan shook her head. No. She wasn’t pregnant. Couldn’t be. The only person she’d been with in a year had been Wilder and they were safe. Things like that just didn’t happen. “No…”
    “There’s no chance at all?” the dark-haired nurse pushed. Rowan studied the wall instead of her.
    “I guess there’s a small chance. There’s been…someone…once, but we were safe.”
    She risked a glance at the nurse, who gave her the look that said once was all it took. But she’d just finished her period. She couldn’t be pregnant if she had her period.
    My period that was lighter and only lasted two days…
    Dizziness hit her again. No. No way. She couldn’t be pregnant. Couldn’t.
    “The doctor will probably want to do a test just in case.”
    Rowan nodded, trying to look much more confident than she felt. Things like this didn’t happen in real life. Didn’t happen to her. It sounded like a nightmare. Or a chick flick.
    No, she couldn’t be pregnant. She’d be fine. Everything would be just fine.

Chapter Three
    “What happened?” Jace asked. Breck sat on the stool beside him. Kade stepped behind the bar and handed them each a soda.
    Breck weighed his words. He was good at that. Probably one of the reasons he excelled at cards. He worked things through quickly in his head and he had a killer poker face. Right now, he needed to get a feel for the situation before he let anything on. From what he could tell of Rowan so far, she’d probably kill him and he wouldn’t want to risk embarrassing her that way.
    But then, it was