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.