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“That’s his bet,” Jerome says, coming to stand behind Daniel and raising a cup of coffee towards me in a toast. “I’m team girl, though.” “Atta boy,” Janeen says, tossing him a wink. Daniel opens his mouth to counter, but I put up a hand. “As fascinating as all of this is,” I say, looking…

I turn back to her and grin, pretending a motherly pleasure that’s absolutely fake. Because Natalia wants me to be a very specific type of mom, and I have a strong suspicion that I want to be precisely the opposite type. “Well,” Natalia says, sitting back and smiling at me peacefully. “I hope you will…

“What?” “I once saw you have a meltdown because you dropped your coloring book in the bathtub,” she says, leaning forward to peer at me. “You’ve always been like, the most emotional person I’ve ever met.” “So?” I ask, confused. “So?” she replies, her face twisting with displeasure. “Your husband just told you that your…

“Well,” he says, looking around at all of us with a tight grin. “Looks like they’re coming for a visit.” “What!?” I gasp, dropping my fork. “Here!?” He gives a shrug, grimacing at me. “I can’t stop them. They know where we’re living.” I groan, tilting my head back and staring up at the ceiling….

Because even though Daniel is my best friend… Well, I don’t really allow myself to consider what I’m really feeling at this moment. What it does to me to marry Daniel, when what I really want… He pulls away from me, smiling and turning towards our little crowd, raising our joined hands for everyone to…

“Hey Lippert,” someone says from over in the TV corner. Slowly, Kent lifts his head. “Ain’t that your kid?” The man gestures towards the TV where the image shows a tall dark-haired young man coming out of city hall holding the hand of a red-haired girl. Text rolls across the screen. Son of disgraced mafia…

“Jesus,” Kent mutters under his breath, glaring both at the envelope and at his hungover son. Then he pushes the document away from him. “I don’t want this either.” “All of your lawyers agree, dad,” Daniel says, leaning forward to glare at him. “You’re going away for life – you could even get the death…

I grin and laugh a little to hear my new name for the first time – “We’ll take a blood sample from you.” “Please, doctor,” Alessi says, stepping forward now, his face curious. “Could you please explain to us how it works? I am…well, I do not understand how a sample of Fay’s blood will…

And I just…can’t go there right now. And I haven’t really figured out why. So, I ignore all of the opportunities he makes for me to step aside with him for a private word. He started it first in the car after the clinic, and then when we had lunch – just opening little conversational…

“Seriously,” Janeen says, surprising him so that he snaps his eyes up to hers. “Cut it with the word shit, okay?” They’re all still laughing when the glass door slides open. “Hey,” Fay says, stepping outside and pushing it closed behind her. “What’s so funny?” “We’re deciding what to name the baby,” Janeen says, patting…