"Well, here I am. What is it?"
"Hi, Rob, thanks for coming. I called you because we need to talk".
"About what?"
"About Juliette".
"Juliette? Did something happened to her?"
"No, no, she's fine".
"Is she here?"
"No, and she doesn't know I summoned you. What I'm going to tell you is supposed to be a secret between her and I, but..."
"The way things are going, I decided not to keep quiet anymore".
"Will you stop beating around the bush and spit it out at once, Dust?"
"O-kay. Would you like to sit down?"
"Thanks, but I'd rather stand, I don't have much time, you know?"
"Alright, I'll try to be brief then".
"If you don't mind".
"You see, shortly after you and Juliette broke up, she... discovered she was pregnant".
"W-what? Juliette pregnant? But why didn't she...?"
"Tell you?"
"Well, she was in a bad place at that time, she was still mad at you, her pregnancy caught her by surprise, and she didn't want anyone to know, not even our parents, cause she hadn't decided yet if she was keeping the baby".
"But she did. Didn't she?"
"Of course she did, but she chose not to tell you and made me promise I wouldn't tell you either".
"That's why you didn't answer my phone calls".
"You have all the right to be angry with me, but please understand I didn't want to lie to you. Believe me, I tried so many times to convince Jul to tell you herself. She finally accepted and said she'd tell you everything after your graduation, but she changed her mind when she found out you had gotten married".
"That's when she decided to raise the baby on her own".
"Oh, my..."
"You know Juliette, she's prideful, stubborn and very insecure. But one thing's for sure: she still loves you, I can tell. She really wanted to have your baby and raise him along with you, but finding out you had married another girl just tore her apart and... well, this was the result".
"Dammit, Dustin, I don't know what to say, except that I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, I never wanted this to happen".
"I'm sure you didn't".
They both remained silent for a moment. Robin had to sit down to keep himself together.
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