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I frown "We were still using condo "I see more than my share of women ear they used condo on the condolued to the screen "Is that?"

"Yep, that’s a heartbeat" She pushes buttons and ht, but the heartbeat is strong and steady "It looks to ht where they should be You’ll need to make an appointment with your OB, of course"

"Of course," I mutter, still shocked The doctor reet dressed I can prescribe some anti-nausea meds for you for the bad days, but this should pass in another month or so"

"Thanks," I reply

"Let ain"

She pats et dressed, check out at the front desk, and hurry out toback and forth on the road in front of me

I’ to have a baby

Holy shit

My first reaction is happiness A baby is so to be excited about But I also feel nervous and worried

I have reservations about Jace Are we even getting ht he slipped intoI’ve received exactly one call and three texts since then

It’s been a month since he went back to work I knew he’d be busy I knew

But I also believed him when he said he’dto happen, and it makesthat afor sure, I have to talk to hih the phone

"Wow, I caught you"

"I know I’ize these days

"I’d really love to see you," I say, unable to hide the desperation in my voice "Jace, I haven’t seen you in weeks"

"You have i out of here by four Let’s have dinner I’ll pick you up and take you to the Paloood," I reply, relief pouring through me We can have dinner at our favorite place, and I can tell him about the baby

"Great, I’ll co by home and clean up"

"Perfect I’ll see you soon And, Jace, if you stand oing to see you in exactly two hours and thirty-four minutes"

"Okay Love you"

"I love you, too, sweetheart"

I hang up and drive ho in my heart for the first time in a while I don’t even feel sick tois going to be okay This baby isn’t a horrible thing Jace told me when he proposed that he wants a family, and we’re both established in our careers, at the perfect ti to make it work

The house is quiet when I walk inside It’s been particularly quiet since I found all six of Angela’s puppies new hooodbye, but they each have wonderful faela is relieved, too

She greetswith happiness to see irl" I kiss the top of her snout "Jace is coet me soon You have to coht, come on"

We climb the stairs to my bedroom, and I open the closet I want to look nice Scratch that I want to blow hi out on

With a decisive nod, I pull a shift dress out that will look great with a belt It has long sleeves, appropriate for the fall weather, but if I leave a button undone, I can show off a little cleavage

Perfect

After taking the time to relax in a bath, washthat resembles sexy, it’s five-oh-five, and Jace isn’t here