Zach didn't appear to be angry, or if he was it was fully obscured by shock and confusion. A messy ramble hadn't been how she intended to share the news, so his confusion was justified. Her panic relaxed its death grip on her need to flee. She still believed this to be a mistake, still thought he'd been better off in his ignorance from two minutes ago. Only now she owed him explanations for stealing his peace.
"Ilona. Her name is Ilona." Jo confessed in a steady but quiet tone. "She was born in late November." She wondered if he would follow the math to learning the baby was conceived when her downward spiral began. Ilona looked like Zach, that much was true, but how much of that was Jo seeing only what she wished? There had been other men during her last days in London, after all. Merlin, she prayed he never questioned it.
Jo pulled hands into her lap to nervously twist her fingers. While maintaining eye contact she added, "she's your daughter."
"Ilona. Her name is Ilona." Jo confessed in a steady but quiet tone. "She was born in late November." She wondered if he would follow the math to learning the baby was conceived when her downward spiral began. Ilona looked like Zach, that much was true, but how much of that was Jo seeing only what she wished? There had been other men during her last days in London, after all. Merlin, she prayed he never questioned it.
Jo pulled hands into her lap to nervously twist her fingers. While maintaining eye contact she added, "she's your daughter."
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