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I’ my mouth to reply "yes" when Juliet speaks up "I’m her sister"

The doctor co for her next words

"She’s going to be OK," she tells us with a reassuring smile

"Oh, thank God" The terror drains fro into a seat

"Dizziness and fainting are co to Juliet "Especially if she forgets to eat Her blood pressure is high, so I’d like to keep an eye on that, and we’ll need to talk about reducing stress and eerly "But she’s going to be OK?"

The doctor s just fine"

The blood rushes to my head I stare du in my ears

The baby?

I look to Juliet, certain I , but then her eyes e to stutter in disbelief

Juliet looks away

"She was going to tell you," Emerson steps in, his jaw set with tension "She had the first ultrasound today"

The world falls away

I hold on to the chair for dear life as the truth ricochets around my mind The truth she’s hidden, alone, all this time

"But why…?" I stu a baby

Mine

But it doesn’tto think back to when I saw her last When we…

"Fourteen weeks," Juliet replies quietly

"But why didn’t she tell ht you wouldn’t want it," Juliet’s voice coed with accusation "She said you ape at the into place Why she left, and never ca, Carina couldn’t reach out and call my name when she needed me at her side