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It was exactly what I needed

I did love him I really believed that I just didn’t know if I was ready to ad

I kept Nicole’s secret for all of sixteen hours Anything past that would have been ireat for , I woke Cammie up with an enthusiastic use of her buzzer Lucky for ot a free pass Once we covered , we sat on her couch, whispering so as not to wake Dante, and I spilled everything

"Shut up" Canant?"

"Yes" I giggled despite myself It wasn’t funny But for all of the shit I’d watched Nicole get aith, the wo I composed my face and tried my best serious face "It’s not funny," I ad her coffeefor a sip "Have you told Benta?"

"No Don’t"

She raised a hand in surrender "No worries there" Benta, God love her, couldn’t keep a secret for shit You told her anything juicy and she’d have a Tiood to let it out To have a sounding board And, let’s face it, it felt great to hear her gasp of shock, to have sonitude of the fact that NICOLE WAS PREGNANT Caure out ovulation s and the probability of whose sperm was luckiest Or rather, unluckiest I tried to picture a pregnant, horht of her as a mother … well I already felt bad for Chanel

We talked for over an hour, and produced absolutely no ganancy test I left with pro on the infor my best not to think about it

Talk about an impossible task

I knew froal fight running out of options and funding When I called on his birthday, Dad actually answered We chatted about the Dolphins and then he shared a ht and irritated

"We just thought we hadIf I had known, things would have been different The investigation wouldn’t haverespect I had for round it to dust I didn’t want parents who squirreled away money and then ran I didn’t want to coized to ed me and toldthat validated all of my love for him On that call, he didn’t even tell h ifts and--without their s left for me