With anticipation, Madelyn picked up the phone and greeted, "Hi, Mya."

Mya's choked sobs came through the line. "Madelyn..."

Sensing the distress in her friend's voice, Madelyn exchanged a glance with Zach, and stepped out of their flower room into a quieter area. She asked, "What's happened? You sound upset."

Stammering, Mya finally managed to speak. "I-I-I think I might be pregnant, Madelyn."

"Pregnant?" Madelyn couldn't believe her ears. "How could you be pregnant? What's really going on, Mya?"

Mya was at her home in Harper residence. She held a soft, plush bunny close to her chest, her face buried in its fur, and said, "Madelyn, I got intimate with Fred. Now, I think there's a baby in me."

Madelyn felt like the breath had been knocked out of her. She said, "Mya, this isn't something to joke about. You really did that with him?"

Mya's voice was muffled. "He deceived me, Madelyn. He's a bad man."

Madelyn took a moment to absorb Mya's confession, her thoughts immediately darke