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"Can I look around?" She asked quietly "This stuff is all so beautiful" Her words trailed off, and I gave a brief nod of my head

"You can, but I have one ether, and walked out into the hallway We had two other bedrooms, but I’d decided to convert one of thener, and I wanted to give her a space she could call her own

I pushed the door open and ushered Jade inside Her eyes widened at the sight of the hardwood flooring, a workstation for her designing, another workstation for her sewing, and lastly a s The walls were painted a pastel green on one side, closest to theoverlooking the backyard, and on the other side it hite, covered with boards that had all Jade’s fabric swatches stuck to theo back to school," I told her, squeezing her hand "I wanted you to have a place that was yours, and only yours A place where you can make your dreams come true"

Jade sed, her face red, and a little splotchy "This is too much," she said quietly "Why did you do this?"

Her question wasn’t accusatory, but I didn’t like the way she asked ," I said "This isdreah our lives had changed, and ere going to be parents, she could still have her career, and realize her aspirations She didn’t have to be just a ‘ner, and hopefully later she’d beco intothis for hter are my dreams now, and you’ve already ht, but for right now I’er"

"Sounds good to ? It’s been a busy "

"Can atch ayou want" I kissed her forehead, and alked into the bedroo more comfortable She slipped into a pair of cotton shorts, and one of my t-shirts, and piled her hair on top of her head

"What are atching?" I asked her as we sat down on the sofa "Romance, comedy, or action?"

"Hmmm" Jade tapped her chin "‘Life As We Know It’, the one with Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhah our movie playlist, and hit "play" as I settled with Jade’s head on my lap I had one hand in her hair, and the other entwined with hers on her stoht if this hat the rest of my life looked like, I would die a happythis for her, and for the safety of our unborn child

Jade was asleep, hugging herbent I leaned forward and laid a kiss on the slither of exposed skin of her stomach and climbed out of bed It was late, but I couldn’t sleep so I quietly left the room, and headed towards the kitchen I rolled the tension fro that filled the darkness in our house

My phone rang on the kitchen counter, and I grabbed it quickly before it woke Jade My father’s name flashed on the screen, and my frown deepened He never called

"Hello?"

"Reid,"cautious "Thank God you answered"

"What’s wrong, Dad?"