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“Leah’s Father”
One thing we noticed about the book is that Amber made it a point of never saying Gary’s name. She only refers to him as “future-fiance,” “fiance,” and then “ex-fiance,” or “Leah’s father.”
The Pregnancy Test
After dating for three years, the teenagers were as responsible as you could expect… and then some. Gary was working to become a nurse’s assistant and Amber was on her way to a management position at Wendy’s. That’s when she found out she was pregnant.
Taking the News
Gary handled the news really well, but the parents? Not so much. “I called up my mom to have her come over so I could tell her what was up. I think it was actually her birthday the day I found out. She came home for five minutes, which was long enough to sit down, hear the news, freak out a little bit, call my dad, and leave with her boyfriend. Pretty smooth, Can’t say I blame her.” Her dad didn’t handle it well either: “I’ll never forget his reaction. He was so pissed he just slowly turned away and went into the kitchen to get away from us for a minute […] Both of my parents were seriously shocked. They thought I was a virgin. My bad.”