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Her father frowned “Saturday is four days away”

“Um, five if you count today,” Genny put in helpfully

“So quickly,” said herher sliain

Her father didn’t catch that glance He was busy watching Genny, frowning “Genevra, are you ill?”

And Genny knew she couldn’t just keep sitting there like a lu poor Rafe lie for her It wasn’t right, wasn’t fair So she opened her ether for four days in March, when Rafe cae renovations at Villa Santorno I, uht thing andme”

Rafe corrected stiffly, “We both feel it’s the right thing And of course, I want to hter”

There was a silence then An endless one

Finally, her mother said softly, “Oh I see”

Her father turned his gaze on Rafe and said in a carefully controlled tone, “You knoe think the world of you, Rafael” He went on, with growing heat, “But what in the hell were you—?”

Herhis name “Evan”

Her father shot her hed “Yes Fine”

Genny just ached for them—all three of theh this with two of her siblings Genny hated that she was putting theain It really shouldn’t be that difficult to practice proper contraception in this day and age

And she had practiced it They’d used a condom every time

But then, there had been a lot of times

And poor Rafe He thought so highly of her parents It had to be awful for him, to have to face them with this news