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"Yes…" She sounds cautious

I rip the bandage off "She’s pregnant"

"Is the baby yours?" Mom asks immediately There’s a note of hope in her voice, which I quickly squash

"Yeah, Moup onit?"

"Yes She’s like sixteen weeks along" I’ve already done the math The date of conception is probably the first tiht pussy that I forgot about the condom

Sabrina James makes me lose my mind, in more ways than one

"Sixteen weeks!" Mo?"

"No, of course not I didn’t find out until later"

"Oh, John What are you going to do?"

I let out a slow, steady breath "Whatever it takes"

24

Sabrina

Three Weeks Later

When I arrive at Della’s, the booth in the corner is e the side ofjacket, but I’a pants I don’t kno ular clothes

I’ve been researching everything I can about pregnancy, and one sad fact I found is that no one’s experience is the saht plus a few extra pounds, there are five ear they sed an entire field of watermelons A lot of the because the steering wheel pushed into their stonant ladies I can already testify to that

Everything is changing for me and I’m scared shitless I still haven’t told Nana or my friends Tucker still hasn’t told his friends, because I’ve ordered him not to I know it’s irrational, but it’s like a part of , then life doesn’t have to change When I told Tucker that over the phone last night, he responded with a gentle laugh and said, "It’s already changed, darlin’"

And then I woke up thisdown on nancy anymore This shit is real

So today is let’s-drop-a-baby-bo, I can reclaiain Maybe then I’ll be able to sleep an entire night without waking up in a cold sweat

"Want to wait for your friends, or should I bring you soaze involuntarily falls to her slender waist, and a twinge of envy hits me I wonder ifto feel alien The hard bu I can diet away There’s a hurow

"Milk," I say, albeit reluctantly Soda is on the list of things that are bad for ood and wonderful in this world

As Hannah trots off, Hope appears "What’s up? Your text sounded so os out of her trench and flops down across froht?"