"Are you kidding me? Of course she gets scared." Marcie shook her head slightly. Men. "if someone tried to take my baby, I'd be shit scared. I'd rip their face off, but I'd fight because I was scared."
She kind of wanted him to tell her he loved only her and rip every stitch from her body, but he would have to accuse him to having split loyalties first and she wasn't quite there yet. She wasn't ready to face that down. Instead she took a breath and said, "I've been pregnant. I know how terrifying it is. She definitely gets scared."