Chapter 6

When Niall returned home, the house was empty. The divorce papers on the table hit him like a punch to the gut. He never believed I'd actually go through with it. I didn't even give him the chance to explain. He kept calling me, his messages coming in one after another. "Janice, I'm sorry. Please… I'm begging you. Just answer the phone." "Janice, the child wasn't planned, and what happened with Freya wasn't, either. That night, I was drunk and stayed over at the Pritchard residence. "She brought me some chicken noodle soup to help me sober up, but she had secretly spiked it. After drinking it, I lost control, and things unfolded between us." "But it was just that once. I never slept with her again." "When I found out she was pregnant, my first thought was to have an abortion. But my parents told me that after all these years without a child, maybe conceiving hadn't been easy for you. "They also reminded me how much pregnancy can affect a woman's body. That's why I agreed to let