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“Mando!” I was dusting the guest room furniture when I heard the voice I looked up to see Manny standing there He had brought the workers up to do sohed

“Man-Do? Really? Would you do that to your child?”

“I et the chance to find out” I tried not to look shocked I had no idea Manny was gay I saw hie me now?”

“Have you judged nant?”

“Not in the least,” he said

“That’s how I feel about you being gay, Manny It doesn’t change who you are to me You’re my friend Your lifestyle doesn’t factor into that” He smiled broadly then

“Thanks, so Man-do?”

Laughing, I said, “No way” He left to head for the baseht, there was a lot less for hiood I liked hi by the nursery I hadn’t allowedht between Cassandra and Alex over it I wasn’t sure how I felt about it still Tooemotions

“Miss?” I stopped One of the workers was calling to me

“Yes?”

“I needed an opinion on sonant… I’m sorry, I don’t mean to presume…”

I laughed “I anant,” I said It was so obvious yet he was afraid of offending me

“Is this nursery for your baby?” he asked

“Yes, at least for now I’ns intends it for anyone who needs it”

“Oh, well since it will be your baby’s for now, maybe you could look at the closet for me and see if it looks like it ork”

“Um… sure,” I followed him into the room and stopped dead in my tracks The walls were a pale blue color… so pale they were ale ones, were trimmed in dark blue and the seat cushions in theht blue paisley There was a white crib and dresser, a changing table and a rocking chair… It was huge and it was beautiful and it was coht down to toys and blocks in the dark blue squares that hung on the walls There was even a bookcase filled with bedtime story books I had tears in my eyes

“Miss? Are you okay?” one of the workers said

Embarrassed, I shook off my emotion and said, “Yes, it’s just so lovely You’ve all done a great job”

“Thanks, et technical on the closet though” He pulled open the double doors of the closet and my jaw dropped It was a walk-in closet with rods above and below to hold clothing and a spinning rack for hats and shoes I knew that hat they were for, because they were both full So was the upper rod There were clothes and hats and shoes and an entire wall filled with diapers I’d bought his, but this was an entire wardrobe “You see this here?” he said, pulling a smooth oak table out of the wall “It’s supposed to be another changing space It folds up out of the way here when you’re done with it I’ht and all… but I look at you and think you won’t even be able to reach the baby”

I walked over closer He was right The table came up level with my neck I looked at him and said, “How tall are you?”

“About six two,” he said

“Will you stand right here?” I asked him

He came over and stood next to the table I knehat it was for It was Alex’s table It here he would put the baby when he changed hi to be a father

“You okay?” he asked again I smiled and nodded

“Just pregnancy stuff,” I said “I think if that’s the way Mr Reigns asked for it, he probably has his reasons I’d leave it”

“Okay, thank you, Miss”

“You’re welcome,” I told him I took one last look at the beautiful rooot uest room I started to push it towards the ush of warhs and puddle on the floor I looked down at it in horror Did my water just break? It couldn’t have… it was too soon I took a towel off my cart and draped it over the puddle in the floor As I bent over a pain ripped through my stomach as if to prove that too soon or not, this was it

I made sure the puddle was covered so no one would slip in it and I waddled into the guest rooates The man on duty today was named Raymond and he was always really nice