“I told her no. Tasha.” “I…” I shut my mouth before my jaw hit the floor. “But … why? That was a once-in-a-lifetime thing. You could have had a baby. And she … she was, you know, into you….” The ghost of a smile flickered on his face. “Yes, she was. Is. And that’s why I had to say no. I couldn’t return that … couldn’t give her what she wanted. Not when…” He took a few steps toward me. “Not when my heart is somewhere else.”

