29: The Sweet Disposition

[ K A R A ] I couldn't look my mother in the eye. My body was frozen in shock. I was afraid to even move a single inch. My worst fear had come to life, mom had found out about Ryder and me. I felt like the Titanic. We had hit an iceberg and we were going down. So far down. "How could you do this to us, Kara?" she croaked. "Mom... I'm... really.... sorry," I managed to say under my breath. "I don't know how serious things are between the two of you... but I hope you realize what's at stake here. All our lives, all we ever wanted was to have a family," she paused and took a deep breath. "Peter and I have decided that we're going to have a baby. We really want to make this family work, Kara," she said again. Tears started to roll down my cheeks. I felt so guilty. Ryder and I had been so selfish. We couldn't just forget about the whole world and do whatever the hell we wanted. That wasn't real, that was just a fantasy. "Me too, I want this family to work too. I'm so sorry," I apologized, a