bastards

Anna's P.O.V

We were all gathered in foyer downstairs and not even a knife could cut through the tension in the room. It was like everyone was sitting on eggshells as we waited for the talk to commence.

"The results are here and...." The pudgy looking doctor passed around a printed paper, stopping before me last. I shot him an unwarranted glare and grabbed it from his hands. Actually the glare wasn't unwarranted--i was the mother of these children and yet last to be handed the result.

He swallowed once, his eyes not catching mine as he moved to stand by Asher like he did since he'd come into the house.

As I moved my eyes back to the paper, I wondered why the doctor looked so nervous and sweaty. The time he'd been here to take the tests, he'd been rather confident.

The next breath punched out of my lungs when my eyes caught the bottom of the paper.

--Positive.

It had been proved that Asher was the father of my babies and any doubts they had that the rumors about me in the past were