Chapter 26
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
G race hung up the phone with a visibly shaking hand and tried to make sense of all the information she had just been given. Her heart was hammering at a hundred miles an hour and felt like it was going to burst completely out of her chest.
But what did all of this mean exactly?
Well, she knew, in theory, what it meant. But what about the intention behind it? How was she supposed to read the wholly unexpected offer that had come her way? Perhaps the only way to know for sure was to go directly to the source.
She wasn't quite sure how she felt about seeing Xavier again. In truth, Grace had forgotten she’d changed her GP details over to his practice. Now, that meant he would obviously be involved in the medical evaluation of her suitability as a candidate for the sperm donor programme.
He could have made things horribly awkward for her, she realised. But instead, he’d extended…what? Was this an olive branch, perhaps? If it was, then it was one heck of a loaded one!
And it seemed the only way she was going to get any answers was if she bit the bullet and got them straight from the horse's mouth.
There were so many times she had wanted to get in touch with him. But the dreadful way in which she’d behaved always held her back. Instead, she’d convinced herself he wouldn't want to see her… And she wouldn't have blamed him.
She had treated him appallingly, in a purely defensive bid to stop herself from getting hurt. And in the process, all she had ended up doing was hurting herself even more.
And him as well.
But now? It was almost looking like there might be a resolution after all. The question was, was she brave enough to take it?