Chapter 15
THE WEIGHT OF A NAME
MARA'S POV
“Okay… Hello… Okay…”
I scrolled through our last message, reading through the dying conversation we had years ago. The replies, once vibrant at the top, slowly deteriorated till it was nothing more than short pleasantries and scanty responses. He had been the last to text even, wishing me a happy birthday. The message was marked read on my part, so I knew I definitely saw it… and didn't reply.
I sighed, rubbing my temples. “Kurt Williams," I whispered as I tried hard to recall his face. He didn't have a picture on his profile and that only made remembering him hard.
We were both still in the same high school chat group so I knew we knew each other… but close enough to ask him to pretend to be the father of my child? That was a different
