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Sorry I let you love a baby that wasn’t yours without telling you who her father really was?

Sorry I got back with you while fucking my sister’s husband?

Sorry I was going to let you believe this baby was yours too?

There weren’t enough apologies for that shit.

Keith finally looked over his shoulder.

“What, Avery?”

I opened my mouth.

Nothing came out.

His eyes went toward my stomach again.

“You good?”

I nodded.

“Yeah.”

“Carter good?”

That one hurt.

Because no matter how angry Keith was with me, he’d loved Carter.

Carter loved him too.

“She’s good.”

Keith nodded.

“Aight.”

And that was it.

He got in his car.

Four months ago, some stupid part of me thought eventually Keith would calm down.

That maybe enough apologies would fix it.

Maybe he’d remember how much we loved each other.

Maybe he’d miss Carter.

Maybe he’d forgive me.

I didn’t think that anymore.

Some shit didn’t deserve forgiveness just because you were sorry afterward.

I rubbed my stomach.

I’d learned that lesson twice.