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She nods, her expression guarded “I’m not sure how to alities later, and well, the pregnancy and hoill affect my work”

“I’d like to be involved in the pregnancy,” I blurt It’s not soht and today, but now that there’s actually going to be a baby continuing to grow in her, one who is

Toout a little frosty “And what do you mean by that?”

I blink, suddenly confused as to what that“I don’t know U, I hope you’d ask me”

To hter followed by a nervous snicker She holds a hand up “I’uess I had is to it or so”

Her reh to erupt from me We’re both nervous and totally out of our depths

“I promise not to do that,” I tell her, but then quickly amend “Unless you want me to”

She’s the one to shrug this tiht ice cream runs?”

We share a look, and it’s one I recognize We’ve shared it before It’s the look of one teaot your back”

I it a very short squeeze “We’ll get through this”

Rachel lets out a shaky breath with another tiny laugh “I know I knoill”

“Rachel,” I say,an octave deeper because of how much I mean it “Really… thank you I don’t knohat I would have done if you’d decided otherwise”

“Knowing you, Wright,” she says with a pointed look as she pulls her hand away froe until I’d given birth”

She’s wrong about that because I’d never force her to do so she didn’t want to I would have just dealt with the loss, because what else could I have done?

Pushing up from the couch rather abruptly, Rachel looks down atto get me set up with an OB/GYN this week I’ll let you knohen the appointment is”

I stand up and follow her to the door “Yeah, sure… okay That would be great”

Rachel doesn’t respond, just opens h, but then hesitates as if struck by so She turns to look back at me