Chapter 29: Kurt's laxative.
Asher sat on the white chair and Pepper played with her fingers, neither had nothing to say to each other and at the same time, they had a lot racing in their minds.
Pepper must have opened her mouth several times to start a conversation but she always ended up keeping her mouth closed.
She hated that words failed her at a time like this and why did she admit to being terrified if he was just going to sit there and not say anything to her.
She shouldn't have said anything and now, she was too embarrassed to take it back or use sarcasm to mask it.
"You should go home and be with the kid. The doctor said I would be here for a while" Pepper told him finally.
"You need me and I am not going to abandon you now. And this is kind of my fault, so…" Asher's voice trailed off.
"Kind of?" Pepper asked him