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"He needs someone more like Mrs Doubtfire She would kick his ass" Their food arrived as they were both throwing out ideas for new assistants for Brant When she ran out of ideas, E today, huh?"

Suzy visibly winced before saying, "I didn’t think I could take that again I love little Her babies and Ella pregnant, that’s all they talk about"

Emma had to smile over Suzy’s refusal to call her sister Beth’s baby Henry She was sticking with Her a boy, Nick, her husband, had insisted on narandfather, who had died while Nick was a child Apparently, his nickname was Herman and that’s what the kids had always called him Beth had freaked out about it, at which point Nick’s mother had finally admitted that her father’s real nainal nae We seeroup noho don’t have babies on the brain"

When Suzy looked away, an aard silence settled over their table Emma was afraid that she had offended her "Suzy, I didn’tbad by that You know I love Beth, Claire and Ella"

Suzy took a deep breath and then ran a hand through her long hair "It’s not that," she said quietly "It’s justI dohave babies on the brain"

Shocked, Enant?" That question only seemed to upset her friend further, and she was clueless as to as going on Was this an unwanted pregnancy?

"I’nant Please don’t mention this to the others"

Emma took her hand and said, "You can talk toyou tell nant for a while now I know I don’t seem like much of a kid person, but you have to understand that was hoas raised" Emma knew from previous conversations that Suzy and Beth were not particularly close to their parents, ere hters They had been particularly critical of Beth due to the weight problereat mother You would have the coolest kid on the block for sure"

"I thought it would be so easy," Suzy continued "Everyone around us seenant at the drop of a hat But eachto see two pink lines I have grown to hate that da pink line"

Ehter "Oh Suzy, I’nancies around you ht now"