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Grace

I hated the month of September It was hot and today I wasn’t in the mood for hot October was in one week and I couldn’t wait to do the Halloween display in the frontof Wild Flower

"Hey," Alex said as she walked up with Bayli on her hip

Wiping the sweat fro in the sarden in the back of the nursery It was only there for Alex andin the dirt cal I smiled when I saw Bayli hold her ar girl"

Bayli gave rin, and I couldn’t help but feel butterflies in my stomach I wanted a baby desperately

Because of the Fragile X gene being in the family, I had already been tested to see if I was a carrier of the gene and I wasn’t As soon as I got that result back, I stopped taking my birth control pills Noah and I decided not to stress about it We’d let it happen when it happened We’d only beenthe tiether

"Grace, are you feeling okay?"

Shakingsick I feel like shit and thisat oing to get y’all sick I think it was so I ate"

Alex slowly shook her head and said, "Grace! You’re pregnant!"

Tossing ot off the pill a fewher cell phone out of her back pocket, Alex hit a number "Libby? We have a code baby bundle"

"Baby bundle?" I asked as Alex rolled her eyes Apparently, Libby didn’t knohat that osh I declare a new code word Baby bundle is now the code naled "Nope, not me Grace"

I heard Libby screanant I’d know if I was, Alex I’d feel it"

"Ha!" Alex said as she turned and walked toward the door that led into the back office of Wild Flower "Okay, we’ll be there in thirtymy head, I looked at Bayli "Your le and then blew bubbles as she o prove her wrong That is Aunt Grace’s favorite thing to do, prove your "