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She licked her lips and set aside the little sketch pad on which she had been drawing

‘Ier’ She cleared her throat and looked at hi so decent about the whole thing Your whole life’s been turned on its head’ She laughed ‘Can you believe that this is the first ti about this?’

‘There see-winded discussions’ Eyes still pinned to her face, Sergio strolled to one of the chairs facing the sofa and sat down, hunching forward so that his forearhs

But now the ti this had been building inside hiement they had fallen into would have to be broken He just knew that the baby would be born any day now and that once that baby arrived the situation between thee dramatically

Opportunities would be lost for ever

Suddenly opportunities and having access to the in the world So this was it Naturally they had to talk They couldn’t walk blindly into parenthood without first sorting out all the little details that would crash into them the second this baby was born They had to be prepared She had to be prepared And this so-called conversation was going to stress her out

‘I know you think I’ve needed watching over ever since the scare at the hospital, but I don’t,’ Susie said flatly

Restlessness washed into her She wondered whether she should —and then decided that her stress levels would rocket whenever they had this conversation, be it here and now, or next week, or when she was lying in a hospital bed with their baby in a crib next to them

There was never going to be a right time to hear what had to be said, because she had beco him around

‘You can’t bla my child’