Comfortable Madness First PDF 4-13-18

“What’s up?” she asked.
“Tell her,” Gid said.
“Butter?” Tayla asked.
I stood in the doorway, dizzy and weak. I couldn’t keep
this secret anymore. Words rose like chunks of metal and I
swallowed them again only to have them rise all over. I stood and I
stared at Tayla and I stared at Gid who stood in the corner.
“Tell her,” he said.
I shook my head.
“What’s going on?” Tayla asked.
“I’m pregnant.”
Fire crossed her face. Her lips thinned to narrow white
lines. Even in the dark, I saw the blood drain from her face.
“What?” she asked.
“I’m having a baby,” I said.
She stared hard at me, as if she could see right through my
flesh at the shadow behind me.
“What does that mean?” she asked.
“I don’t know.”
“You cheated?” she asked.
“Only in my dreams,” I said.
Tayla got out of bed and came to me. She put her face next
to mine.
“Details,” she said.
“I…”
“Who?” she asked. “How?”
“I don’t know.”
Her hand came up and I thought she was going to hit me.
“I’ll be downstairs,” she said and turned away. That was
exactly what I was afraid she’d do. I was terrified she would turn
away and never turn back.