✅️Country Rancher Kayce Dutton

We're So Done For

"Bree, look at me. Please tell me what the hell he is talking about?" My daughter finally met my gaze, muttering the words I never expected to hear from her mouth, causing me to see my own life flash before my eyes. "I'm...pregnant."

"Dad is going to kill me, mom!" Bree blurted out pacing back and forth in the barn.

Carter ran his fingers through his hair, his chest heaving up and down in a panic attack alongside her. "What am I gonna do? I'll be kicked off the ranch for sure."

I remained frozen in place, not sure what to say to her. She wasn't even in high school yet and she was pregnant. When I found out I was pregnant with her I at least was completely out of school. Granted I didn't go to college because we moved to Montana. Rip and Beth were gone so Carter would be facing the full wrath of my husband. "Mom, what are we going to do. Please don't let dad hurt him." My daughter begged, grabbing my hands in hers.

Shaking my head I was finally pulled back to reality knowing I needed to say something to the teenagers. Because they were terrified out of their boots. "Okay you two listen this is what we are going to do. You two don't say a word to anyone about this. We'll find the right time to tell him, I promise that. Now go get ready for bed."

Bree nodded, wiping away some tears exiting the barn. Glancing back over my shoulder Carter just blankly stared at me. "Mrs. Dutton, I just need to say again how sorry I am. We just got carried away but I will leave this place if that is what you want-"

"Carter stop." Holding up my hands I cut him off not thinking anything like that. "That isn't even close to what I want you to do. In my experience if you run when she needs you the most it won't end well. So I beg you not to run. I'll handle her father, you don't need to worry about it." Turning on my heels I tipped my hat to him heading back to the main house. The wooden floor creaked underneath my boots as I tossed them at the edge of the bed.

Footsteps approached behind me where I felt familiar arms wrapped around my waist. "Hey baby, everything okay?" Kayce asked, nuzzling his nose into my hair until I turned around in his embrace.

"Yeah I uh...just got to thinking we should go to the East Camp for awhile. You know, move our stuff up there. It would be good for the kids to maybe have their own rooms to themselves. Instead of having to bunk with each other." I explained biting my lip. I hid the lie in the back of my mind.

He nodded while I draped my arms over his shoulders, leaning up and kissing him before he spoke softly. "What brought this on Y/n. We just took them to the fair today. Has something happened?"

"No, no, everything is fine." I shook my head, needing to play it cool otherwise he would figure it out. "Can we just please go check out the cabin this weekend?"

Kayce nodded tugging me down to climb into the bed. Snuggling into his chest I lay my head down. He wrapped his arms around my waist whispering in my hair with my mind flashing back to the night we had a fight.

"Kayce, please don't do this. I need you right now." I begged him standing in the driveway of the Dutton ranch. I was only a few weeks pregnant and he just told me that he had gotten a girl from his high school pregnant too.

The young cowboy slumped his shoulders in frustration. "Y/n, I'm going into the Navy to make money. Since I can't go to college now-"

"But you're doing it to help her aren't you!" I raised my voice, throwing my hands out from my sides. I hadn't told my parents or even John yet. "You're choosing her over me. You lied to me when you said that it was only you and me!"

Kayce started to say something but he saw me start crying a lot. He softly wrapped his arms around me, hugging me into his chest. I clutched the fabric of his jacket crying into his shirt until I remembered what he was about to do. "I can't do this, Kayc. You've made your choice...now I'm making mine."

"Y/n, just wait." He called my name watching me run inside the main house slamming the door in his face. Sobbing on the floor behind the door I secretly glanced over the window seal seeing him staring at me for a second. That was the last time we saw each other for eleven years.

Opening the door to the wooden cabin I smiled seeing the twins running between my legs heading all through the house. Kayce sat down some of the boxes on the kitchen table. Closing the door behind me my gaze shifted to Bree who was texting on her phone most likely Carter. "Hey Bree, let's go pick out your room yeah."

"So did you tell dad yet?" She followed me down one of the hallways before we both headed inside one of the rooms with the window having a view of the wood line.

Resting my hands on her shoulders I knew she was stressing over this. "I haven't told him anything. You don't have to worry. He won't find out I guarantee that-"

"Y/n. Why did I find a pregnancy test in one of the bags?" Kayce called out to us, making me and Bree both turn white. Cracking the door opened we both tilted our head into the hallway seeing him holding the test Bree had taken before we left showing me it was true. "Darling, are you pregnant again?"

Bree turned to look at me like a ghost knowing we were in deep trouble. "We're in trouble now."

- A short chapter but here we go for an update. The next one will be more interesting ❤️