Chapter 1: Chapter 1
"I'm going to be a father."
Omar's voice jerked me out of my reverie. I blinked back the"Why do you look sad, my love?" he asked in a soft voice.
I shook my head and sniffed, wiping a tear It doesn't matter. Nothing matters." I murmured to myself. It was true. Nothing at all. Not my pride, not my reputation, not my family's fortune. Nothing. And I was going to be a father."How do you feel about that, karim?"
I glanced down at my phone as I sat on the bench outside the men's restroom. 11:41 p.m. I had been sitting there for two and a half hours. Time had no meaning anymore. "Happy," I typed back to my boyfriend. "What about you, amor?