The Mrs. Degree

I never thought I would get pregnant in college.

When I did, I thought leaving Jack Jennings was doing him a giant favor-he had a bright future ahead of him as a football star-the last thing he needed was me and a baby standing in his way of his dreams.

Honestly? I figured he would eventually forget about me.

I would raise our child in secret and watch Jack on television, and the pain of what I'd done to him would heal.

The last person I expected to see on my brothers doorstep seven years later was Jack; obviously, or I wouldn't have answered it.

A superstitious athlete, dreams were keeping him awake at night that were preventing him from excelling on the field-dreams he was hoping I could make...disappear.

He looked so good. So much older.

Kind. Handsome.

Turns out, he hadn't forgotten about me either, and he hadn't put our past behind him.