Jen_C’s Reviews > Anchored in Alaska > Status Update

“I would say I’m sorry, but I’m not. Baby girl got what she needed.” And for Colin, that was the bottom line right there. The baby was more important than anything or anyone else in his world. He’d have to get used to it or he’d have to end their marriage. Why should he have to choose?

Colin found her there, sitting on the floor, crying. “What’s wrong? Are you hurt?” She shook her head. “I need help building the crib, but I don’t feel like I can ask you, but I don’t know how to assemble furniture, but you hate my baby, so I need someone I can ask for help that’s not you.”

“I don’t want a child. I don’t care if it’s a girl, a boy, or a Martian. I’d have taken a dog, but not a human. I don’t know how we’re going to get past this.” “If you want me to go, I will.” She couldn’t imagine life without him either. Colin frowned. “I don’t want you to go, but I don’t want to be a father. Let me get back to you on that.”

I can’t have children.” “Doctors make mistakes every day. You’re definitely having a baby.” The doctor kept talking, but Beverly sat in stunned silence. She was having a baby. She knew that Colin wouldn’t be thrilled, but she was. She was more excited than she’d ever dreamed she’d be at that news.

He frowned. “I don’t want to be married to someone who doesn’t want to be married to me.” Beverly shook her head. “That’s not what I’m saying though. I’m happy to be married to you. I made this choice, and I’m glad I did. I don’t know that I would have ever discovered what Lachele did with Matchrimony if I hadn’t been nudged in that direction by my mother, though.”

He opened the letter and his eyes widened. His bride would be there to marry him on July 31. They’d be married in a little church in Healy, which was a short drive from the park entrance. He couldn’t help but wonder what kind of woman was willing to give up her entire world, travel to Alaska, and marry a stranger.

None of them had seen the semi bearing down on them. The driver’s brakes had gone out. He’d honked his horn, but there were so many car horns in Manhattan, that they hadn’t paid any attention. Her father and sister had been killed instantly. Her mother had been left paralyzed. Only Beverly had walked away unscathed, and she’d felt guilty every day of her life since.