Patricia’s jaw tightened. “When you have your baby, you’ll understand. A child needs its mother.”
Paige looked at me, then at Ivy and Lily.
“No,” she said. “Being pregnant is exactly why I understand how cruel you’re being.”
Lucas moved beside her, calm but firm.
“Our child is going to need both of us,” he said.
Patricia laughed once. “Of course. But mothers are different.”
“No,” Lucas said. “That’s where this ends.”
The crowd grew quiet.
“I’m not letting Paige spend her first year as a mother being told she has to carry everything alone,” he said. “And I’m not letting our child grow up hearing fathers are optional.”
Patricia flushed. “So, you’re keeping me from my grandchild?”
“I’m telling you where the line is,” Lucas said. “Respect both parents, or don’t bring that attitude into our home. You threatened this man’s home, Patricia. Do you see how wrong that is?”
