Two weeks of nightmare life, all down to me, my moods and erratic behavior have tested every ounce of Arrick's patience. I think he’s seen every bad version of me there is and then some, and I can’t help it.

The idea that I am pregnant has sunk in well, but I don’t love it any more than I did and feel a huge resentment that I have to stay here while he flies home today to do whatever he needs to do. In the end, Jake couldn’t sway his father to change the plans, as he dug his ...