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I sht Emmy was perfect And soon she would be mine Forever

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It took me a moment to place the voice on the other end of the phone Her broken sobs"Fiona? Is that you?"

"Y-yes," she cried, heaving a breath inward

"What happened? Is the baby okay?"

"Fine The baby’s fine" She quieted for a ether, because when she spoke again, her voice was much clearer "The results came back"

My stoht?" It was time to face the music

"I suppose so"

"What’s it say, Fiona?" I held ainst my ribs

"It’s not yours, love" Her voice hisper soft like she was breaking the news to ently

My fist pumped in the air, but I held back the shout of joy I wanted to let trip "Wow So your last fertility treatment must have worked, then?"

"Seems so," she said, her voice full of melancholy

"How do you feel?"

"Shocked Surprised I really thought it was yours And I’d gotten over thinking that you and I were going to be together, but I thought I’d always have this little piece of you"

We each reht of this information sink in

"Fiona?"

"Yes, love?"

"I need to ask soo, to releaseStatus to work for h "If that’s what you want"

"It is," I confirift to you for five loyal years"

"Thank you" The tension in my entire body went lax at once

"I’ll always love you, Ben"

"I know"

"If anything ever changes between you and Emmy"