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"Jesus," she puffed out "It’s justthat happened with Dillon while ere engaged, not to ereen eyes softened with concern "Answer the question, Emily When’s the last ti hard to remember the last time she did receive a visit froh her hair "I’m not sure The second week of October, ht The second week of October" Lisa reached past Emily and opened the medicine cabinet She plucked out a box and handed it to her "Michael and I are still trying for our own There’re two tests in there Get peeing"
Enancy tests "I can’t believe this"
"My thoughts exactly What can’t you believe?" Placing her hands on her hips, Lisa gaped at her "You haven’t had a period since the middle of October Every time I’ve spoken to you since I left New York, you toldsoet it But everything’s fine now There’s no reason for you to be nervous If it’s as siie"
On a sigh, Emily slid down her sweatpants and popped a squat over the toilet Waiting on Mother Nature, she tore open both tests "Can you stop watchinga potty training lesson"
"Oh give me a break" Lisa rolled her eyes andthe dark curls into athe corner of her et I’m ten years older I’ve wiped your ass one too ood"
With way too h her head, Eood because Mother Nature finally showed up Holding both tests, E sure both were saturated Once finished, she placed them on the toilet paper Lisa had neatly squared up on the vanity
E to become fuzzy as the sisters hovered above the tiny sticks that, in that h the past feeeks, she’d diser seemed plausible The words denial, fear, and plain out stupidity ca just above her lip, she yanked up the e it over to read what a positive and negative would look like Making note that one line represented a future void of diapers, and two lines initiated her straight intonervously at her thu do these take?"
The question had barely escaped Ele line on one of the tests started turning a light shade of pink With a sigh of relief perched in the back of her throat, a tiny smile crept across Emily face However, that tiny smile quickly fell when the line’s twin screa E two bright red lines
Standing above two plastic sticks signifying her life was about to change in in to understand, Emily tried to breathe
Breathe…
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