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“We have fertility treat” Rachel cursed under her breath
“There are other options We’ve discussed this”
“I’ive up But maybe we should just relax for a while Take a break”
“Take a break?” She peered over at hiet about having a baby Just for a while”
She crossed her arms around her middle “No”
He took her hand in his “I think the pressure is getting to you”
“I can handle it”
“No, baby, you can’t I know you like I knowyou, you need a break We need a break”
“We’re supposed to try the fertility treatan to wobble
“Yes, we can” He brushed his lips across hers “We’ll talk to the doctor e’re back in Philadelphia Then we’re going to take a long vacation Gabriel promised he’d lend us their house in Italy We can take soain”
“What if this is it? What if we can’t” She couldn’t bring herself to say it
“Then we’ll start looking at other options” He placed his arm around her “Whether or not we have a baby, we have each other That’s so, isn’t it?”
She nodded
“We need to take care of each other And I’ care of you if I let you continue like this”
“I feel like a failure” Rachel wiped her face with the back of her hand
“You aren’t,” he whispered “You’re the most incredible woman I’ve ever met I would love to have a fa to break you I’m sorry, but I don’t want kids that ht this was important to you”
“You come first You’ve always come first” He squeezed her shoulder “I want the woet back to that, then we can start talking about kids again Okay?”
Rachel was silent as she conte She closed her eyes, and it felt as if a great weight had been lifted from her shoulders
Suddenly, she felt as if she could breathe again
“Okay”
Aaron pulled his wife into his arainst the bathroo Gabriel brush his teeth
“Your father is proud of us for having a baby”
Gabriel nodded, as he continued brushing
“Thatrandfathers that express those sentian spitting into the sink
“Are you all right?” She tapped on his back “Can you speak?”
He responded with hter
“T-shirts,” hehis hand on the counter to support himself “How do you come up with this stuff?”
“It wasn’t me who said it I don’t think anyone has ever toldsex My dad was happy for us, but he didn’t say he was proud”