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"He didn’t know, babe," Juan said in a soft, cautious voice

"I know, butyou would have liked hiht back a few tears and lifted the heavy cement block into place She rarely spoke to Juan about her kids It was hard to speak of a piece of her life she could not ever share with hi the makeshift platform they were on wobble a little "I know, Loca I know"

"If I could find a way to give you kids"

"Loca, it’s okay Really I got you I got Jason, even though he does hate ot Jack And Jack is a pretty bad ass kid Kinda furry, but a great kid"

Jenni laughed despite the luoing to be spitting out kids left and right and we’ll end up with babysitting duty" He wiped the sweat froet a little cement in his hair "I just want to be with you Okay? If we’re together, I’hed and leaned against hirinned at her lovingly

"You’re such a pervert," she teased and kissed his salty cheek

"And you like it" He pressed a kiss to her forehead, then moved to lay another brick

Jenni looked back down at the kids and Nerit

"Okay, who’s next?"

A slew of kiddie voices shouted, "Me!"

2 Time to Move On

"Hey, Mom" Jason slid into the chair next to Jenni at lunch He peered out at her fros and looked a little embarrassed

"Hey, baby, what’s up?" Jenni shoved a couple of honored Jack staring at her longingly fro if I could have Shelley over to watch

"You gonna make out?" Jenni asked around a rinned at hi his head, Jason looked up at her through his bangs "Maybe"

She playfully nudged hi so "Okay, okay Have your make out session, but she has to leave by eleven"

"You’re so eotta tease you when I can You’re always off with Roger and your crew ed him and smothered him in kisses He squiret it And thanks, Mom," her stepson said, and quickly kissed her cheek He ducked out of her grip and stood up

Jenni saw Shelley standing nearby and gave her the thumbs up

Jack laid a paw on her knee and looked at her plaintively With a sigh, Jenni gave the dog her dessert, two peanut butter cookies Graced with a doggy grin, she sed over to Shelly, leaving her to finish her fries alone

As her best friend dug through a pile of supplies, Jenni giggled Katie looked up at her, holding baby wipes in one hand and diapers in the other

"What?"

"You look cute"

Katie frowned and put her ite stack beside her Jenni renant with Mikey She felt envy led with happiness as she watched Katie search for necessities in a large unsorted pile The pile had been designated as unnecessary goods and was left in a storage room It was from the WalMart truck Baby supplies just hadn’t seemed important in the first days Months later, Katie was desperate to find what she could

Jenni, erie, WalMart style, but slinky nonetheless

"Do you want a boy or a girl?"

Katie was deep in the pile again and had to straighten to speak "Uh, either Travis wants a girl though He actually offered to name her Lydia"

Jenni looked at Katie in surprise "Really?"

Katie nodded "He said it was okay with hi back, she pressed a hand to her belly "I know that if this nightether and that Travis" She hesitated and then wiped a tear from her eye "I know I never would have met him"

Instantly, Jenni crawled across the piles to hold Katie She held her friend tightly, feeling the other wo

"I’m so damn ehed and wiped another tear away "I love them both, you know

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