Covered in Coal (Buried Secrets 1)

“You’re scarin’ me, sweetheart. What’s the matter?”

I shrug my shoulders, and continue to cry, my breath hitching in my throat. He pulls me into his lap and begins to whisper against my ear, trying to calm me down. He doesn’t even know the pain I’m feeling, but he’s still comforting me.

He reaches for my hand, but I pull away, and try to hide the pregnancy test behind my back. He grabs my hand, and rips the pregnancy test from my fingers. I gasp, wrack sobbing tears falling freely as his eyes grow wide and his mouth drops open wide.

“What the hell?”