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Chapter One

"You’re what?"

Beth cringed as her sister’s voice rang out loudly in the bar Soshe wouldn’t make a scene if she told her somewhere public

"Will you please keep it down, sis; I don’t want everyone in here knowing my business"

Suzy flicked her hand as if she didn’t care, but thankfully lowered her voice as she asked, "How can you be pregnant? You actually have to have sex to get pregnant, and you aren’t seeing anyone Oh, God, you didn’t get frozen sperm, did you?"

If she wasn’t so hed at the question "No, I wasn’t artificially inseminated so I obviously had sex I know this is somewhat of a shock to you, but I had sex!"

Noas Suzy looking around as Beth belatedly realized her last sentence seemed to echo off the walls of the restaurant "Okay, let’s talk about this rationally Who is the bastard and where can I find hie of you, and now he’ll suffer the consequences Has he even offered to step up and take responsibility?"

Beth rolled her eyes and wondered if her sister was going to challenge the father of her baby to a duel next For such aouther throat, Beth admitted, "He doesn’t know yet Ihaven’t told hi the e?" Suzy sat before Beth with fire flashing in her eyes Her red hair was pulled back in a French knot and, as usual, she was on the cutting-edge style-wise Beth always felt frumpy around her As a former fatty, she never felt comfortable in her new, smaller clothes She’d lost over a hundred pounds several years ago, and even though the , she always saw her old self staring back at her Suzy had gotten her red hair from their mother, and Beth was stuck with their father’s unremarkable brown hair Suzy was on the tall side and Beth was on the petite side She’d always thought she’dthat her sister was staring her down, she took a breath and dove back into the fray

"I just found out, sis, so I haven’t had tirips with it nancy test last week and then had a blood test with nant I have my first appointment in teeks

"Geez, you would think I’d told you I only had aFreak out irl I have the parents on speed dial I can only i this talk with them"

"You wouldn’t dare," Beth whispered

Suzy pretended to study her fingernails "Ordinarily I wouldn’t, but I’ to ith here So, you either start talking, or I’ to pull our brilliant parents from whatever laboratory they’re in and tell them all about their ard child ‘Oh God, the shame, the disappointment, the heartache,’" Suzy finished draht, I’ll tell you, but you have to promise me you won’t overreact I mean it, Suzy"

"Who me? I never overreact"

With a snort, Beth took a deep breath and prepared herself She knew from experience that her sister would release hell on her when she learned what had been happening behind her back Maybe her friend Ella was right, this ht have been a very, very bad idea, but there was no turning back now

"I o Before you ask--no, we haven’t been dating this whole time I kind of despised him at first, but God, sis, I wanted his He is the first man that sends me up in flames every time I see him Just one look from him and I’m ready to rip all my clothes off and let him do whatever he wants to withat her in shock

Beth left her in silence for a minute and then prodded her with her hand

"All right, I get the whole urge-to-bang thing, but let’s speed forward to the baby daddy’s name Crap, six months? Is it someone at Danvers?"

Suzy felt like she’d landed in the twilight zone How could she not know her sister was seeing so with him Maybe she’d been so wrapped up in Gray that she hadn’t noticed things that she noruilty expression on Beth’s face that it was indeed sonancy thing was the biggest shock she was going to get, but the dreauy was pretty close She’d never seen her like this Beth had never been one to date very much and she certainly had never been so couy better be on the up-and-up or his days were going to be nu breath and studied her sister She didn’t look freaked out; she actually kind of had a glow about her "I never see you with anyone but Ella or Nick Crap, they probably already know, don’t they? A?"

Beth had been working for Danvers International for about sixher job as an eleet cuts Suzy handled event planning at Danvers and was engaged to Grayson Merio when Danvers International est communications company in the United States They were both happy with the arrangee

She ran through herto anyone thereI’ll give you credit, you can sneak around with the best of them because I’m totally clueless"

Fro the wisdo the father of her baby Her options to force her to talk were limited, unfortunately Since Beth had driven them, she would simply refuse to take Suzy home until she calmed down

How much of a scene would she make in a restaurant? Beth wondered Just spit it out I’ it in the faht be surprised, but she’ll be happy for you Just do it fast, like ripping off a Band-Aid

"Okay, umIt’s Nick"

Suzy threw her head back and started laughing