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He ss hard "This is fucked up We shouldn’t be allowed to leave the hospital with a kid I’ve never even had a pet before"

I shouldn’t laugh at Tucker’sbut sit in a still, slightly reclined position But his frustrated, somewhat terrorized expression is so unlike hi I coverlearned quickly in the forty-eight hours since the delivery that sleep is a precious and all-too-scarce com out Start the car, Tuck The fah the back windshield "They already have two kids Let’s follow theerly, I reach over to Jah baby Ja and I should definitely not disturb her, I can’t help but want to stare into her beautiful, wrinkly face again Her tiny baby htly parted and her little baby fists are clenched tight by her side

"Let’s go home," I say firmly "I want to hold her"

My arms feel empty Yes, Tuck and I are only twenty-two years old Neither of us have steady jobs I’ry nana and uy whose dreae And noe have a child together

But looking at Jamie’s sweet face, all I can think of is how much I love her--and Tucker

I ease back into ear and pulls out slowly I could walk faster than he’sStill, it takes us nearly forty-five minutes to make the drive home because Tucker maintains a steady speed of five miles under the speed li you off and honking didn’t make you drive faster"

"That asshole should be written up," he retorts "Stay there and I’ll come and help you out"

I’ve learned in these last tenused to it

He’s got these old-school courtly manners Like, doors are always held open I have to walk on the inside of the sidewalk in case there’s a drive-by shooting He even holds ht I could learn a lot froether by this child, by her son, I’ve decided that we’re going to get along Noto take theh to be the et one of those baby-on-board signs That way the assholes behindon the horn like we’re all in soru to happen when one of those fuckers co to take Ja irls school"

"Okay, so what happens if one of those fuckers is a fe to take Jamie out on a date?"

"None of this would be a probleested"

I giggle and brush hi"

His solid frame presses into eous I can’t believe wea chastity belt"

"I don’t think she needs one yet"

"I’ently moves me aside to pluck the carrier out of the base

I arch a brow "I heard you once had a threesome"

He nearly trips on a non-existent crack in the sidewalk A light cough precedes his query, "A threesome? Who’d you hear that froet the front door "Carin heard it Said it was always the quiet ones"