“She said she was afraid a car had followed her home.

She didn’t want to worry me, so she claimed it was probably nothing.”

“Did she tell you about the pregnancy?”

He nodded.

“She was going to tell you when she felt safe.

She said the child deserved the truth about his father, even if the father had done nothing to earn a place in his life.”

I lowered my head.

“Do you know she spent the first month after your divorce sleeping at Naomi’s place?” Benjamin continued.