The Crash

by Freida McFadden

She’s judging me because I am twenty-three years old, eight months pregnant, and unmarried.

But the fact is I did get pregnant at age twenty-two. It was a one-night stand. And up until recently, I didn’t know who the father was.

Little Tuna.

That’s why I don’t even feel one scrap of guilt about the payday coming my way.

got pregnant while drinking, and I didn’t even know who the father of my child was.

Simon Lamar was very much married. Not only was he married, but he had two little ones of his own, and he had absolutely no interest in any illegitimate children.

Simon slipped something into my drink.

And then when we got back to my hotel room, he… Oh God.

we would have been set for life.

But as I search the depth of my handbag, I notice one other thing that’s missing. My pepper spray.

I’m going to die here.

“If you light a candle before you chop onions, it burns off the toxins so your eyes don’t water.”

there is nobody like your mother.

You’re the last person I want around my kid!”

Poor me—I’m too fertile, I’ve got too much money in the bank, and every time I eat a slice of chocolate cake, I lose two pounds!