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I couldn’t tell what the fuck I was seeing, but we heard the heartbeat So fast and strong

“It’s a girl,” I declared

Rachel rolled her eyes, and Dr Anchors told me we’d find that out hopefully at sixteen weeks On anote, we told Dr Anchors anted the amniocentesis, and that’s scheduled to take place at the same time

Still, when I walked in ible proof that there is sos to me There was no way I could keep this fro forward to leaving Ja forward to my kid

I walk into my kitchen and sit down at the se sale The legs are uneven, so it wobbles when I reston the icon for FaceTi madly, both terrified and excited to share the neith my parents

My mom’s beautiful face appears on the screen, and I can see she’s in the kitchen I figured she’d just be finishing up the dishes from supper, which is why I waited until now to call

She blows a breath of air up to push her bangs back and grins at ood, sweet boy”

I rubthe scrape of stubble on my face Of course my mom would say that

“You look better,” I tell her with a wink “When are you going to leave Dad and find yourself a young hottie?”

My round say, “I heard that”

Then his face pushes into the range of the camera on her phone While my mom still has a youthful face barely marred by wrinkles or time, my dad’s face is weathered fro the faro, and it’s shot through liberally with a steel gray against his dark hair But his eyes are a light hazel, sparkling with the inner youth of aas an ox and could probably still whoop my ass

“Hi, Dad,” I say with a grin

Moes Dad to the side to take up ot elected Mayor of North Platte”

I went to high school with Millie’s daughter, Samantha I also know this is a lead in

“And Samantha’s moved back home,” she says with a sly smile “She looks fabulous”

“Not interested, Mo to sethome

A pretty girl would not