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"No way" She plucked a tissue from a lace-covered box and blotted her eyes

"Tessa, listen," Dia said in a calm tone that always soothed Tessa One would think she was the elder sister "He's not an ogre"

"Have you met him?" Warts and baldness immediately came to mind

"No, just his lawyer"

"You guys run like a wolf pack, so that doesn't count"

"He has rights" Dia's voice was tight

"No, he doesn't This baby issperm from a bank was supposed to insure that If I wanted a father around I would have gone the conventional route"

"And you selected his Why?"

"Oh, that hardly matters now It's the clinic's fault, let him sue them"

"He's not suing He wants to be a part of his child's life"

Panic raced through Tessa "Never Do you hear me, Dia? Never!"

"Tessa, sit"

Tessa sat, a soft plop onto a stack of floor pillows

"Most nancy and babies" Like her ex, Tessa thought, flipping her braid back over her shoulder "Perhaps he just wants to offer financial support?" Dia finished

Tessa lanced around her cozy little house "I don't need it"

"I know, but give hiet ugly"

A judge, the iven an initial like Baby M "Okay, okay I will, under protest Oneand that's it"