Epilogue
Sophie:
I stared at the bed of puppies, watching them crawl around Naomi. I laughed as she tried to get them all towards her. Kodiak was lying beside her, gazing down at the puppies as well. He looked proud, and I knew he was. Justin rubbed my shoulder and looked at me, smiling.
"What should we name them?" he asked.
I looked down at them. There were nine puppies, one of them being a runt. The runt of the litter was a tiny baby girl, with brown and white fur. She looked nothing like her parents, or not yet at least. She nuzzled up against Naomi, trying to get warm. Naomi licked her, trying to get her clean. I smiled, knowing her name immediately.
"Her name will be Lily," I said, pointing to the tiny puppy. Justin smiled at me, nodding his head in agreement.
"Okay, but only if his name can be Koda," he said, pointing to one of the largest males of the litter. I laughed and hugged him.
"Okay, it's a deal," I said. We spent the rest of the night naming the puppies, all of which Naomi and Kodiak seemed to agree on. All of a sudden I felt the urge to throw up, so I ran to the bathroom and sat down by the toilet. Justin ran in after me and held up my hair.
"Sophie, what's wrong?" he asked, concern covering his face. When I didn't answer him, he just rubbed my back and kept holding up my hair. When the feeling passed, I finally looked at him. I couldn't hide it from him anymore. He had the right to know.
"Justin," I whispered, looking into his eyes. He gazed back, eyes full of worry and concern.
"What's wrong, Sophie? Are you sick?"
"No," I said turning away from him. He placed his finger under my chin and turned my head back towards him.
"What's wrong?"
"Justin," I said, not wanting to cry. "I'm pregnant."
His eyes widened with shock. "But we..."
"I know," I paused, gazing into his eyes. "It's Ricky's."