Believe in Us (Jett #2) Read Online Free Page A

before I have an opportunity to censor them or make them into something a little more polite.
    Dad’s expression hardens. “Excuse me, son? You want to try that again?”
    I fold my arms across my chest. Sure, he’s my dad but I’m just as tall as he is now. “No, I was being perfectly clear. What the hell did I overhear outside?”
    Mom stands. “Jett, what are you talking about?” Her forehead creases and she reaches for me. I pull backward. If my mom’s a cheater, I don’t want anything to do with her. God, I can’t even look at her the same way.
    “You’re having another man’s baby,” I spit out, unable to meet her eyes. I look at Dad. “What is going on?”
    My parents exchange a glace and then they both start laughing. I throw my hands in the air. “Uh, hello? I’m still waiting for an explanation.”
    Dad’s brows crease. “Wait, why were you outside? I thought you slept late?”
    “Never mind me, what where you talking about?”
    Mom clears her throat and sits back on the corner of Dad’s desk. “Okay well, you’re not supposed to know this yet, but since you’re so mad, I’ll tell you but you have to swear to keep it quiet for now.”
    My entire body trembles with anger. Why is she being so calm about this?”
    “Your mom didn’t cheat on me,” Dad says.
    Relief hits me hard and makes me feel a thousand times better. “Then what did I overhear?”
    Mom frowns and plays with the hem of her jersey. “You really aren’t supposed to know but . . . first of all, I’m not pregnant. Not yet, anyway.”
    I lift an eyebrow. Mom glances behind me and then motions for me to close the door. I do, and then glare at her for an explanation.
    “Becca and Park have asked us to consider being a surrogate for their baby. That means that I’ll go to a doctor and they’ll put Becca and Park’s baby inside of me, and I’ll have the pregnancy since my body is healthy for childbirth but Becca’s isn’t.”
    My nose wrinkles. I didn’t exactly need that many details. “So . . . you’ll have her baby?”
    She nods. “It’s one hundred percent their child’s DNA. They’d be using my womb as a greenhouse to grow the baby, so to spea. And then once the baby is born, I’d give it over to them.”
    “Wow.” That’s all I can say. I sink into the chair up against the wall to take it all in. “You would do that for them?”
    She nods and Dad grabs her hand. “Of course I would. It kills Becca that she can’t have her own baby and we’ve been talking about this for a while. What you overheard was just me joking with Jace. This is a big deal for all of us because if we do this, I’ll have to get fat and pregnant and your poor dad will have to put up with my fat, moody ass and he won’t even get a baby out of it.”
    Um, gross. I hold up a hand. “I don’t exactly need to know all the details,” I say. “But I’m really really glad you’re not cheating on Dad.”
    They both laugh at this, like it’s the craziest idea in the world. And that makes my heart feel better because it should be the craziest thing in the world. My parents are soul mates. Even when everything else in the world is wrong, I can count on them.
    “Okay, well I guess I won’t say anything.” When I stand up, it feels like I’m back in control of my own body now that I’m no longer falling over the cliff of panic.
    “You can’t tell anyone, Mom says again. “We haven’t done the procedure yet and Becca doesn’t want anyone to know until I’m officially pregnant and we know that it’ll work out.”
    I nod, but I must look uncertain because Mom’s eyes narrow. “Do not tell Keanna. Don’t tell anyone.”
    I hate lying to my mom but I’m definitely not lying to Keanna.
    As soon as we go on lunch break, I slip out of the gym where I’d been serving as a personal trainer for a fourteen-year-old boy I’ve been helping my dad train. Keanna smiles when I find her at the front desk. She grabs her purse. “Taco