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“I didn’t recognize her…at first”

Her eyes widened, and her nose flared as mom finally started to catch on from my wife’s tone “What? What does that mean, at first?

“Oh come on, Lauren, she was a child back then I’, a harhborhood heartthrob Every little girl has one of those right”

Moetically, and Lauren also put on a facsiedit over, but when she opened her mouth to continue, I cut her off

“Babe, you’ve been looking forward to this night out for a while Do you really want to spoil it by getting upset over so that neither the babysitter nor I relass and reached for another one when the tray caain Oh, boy, thanks, mom

Lauren didn’t say anything ht, and by the tiI’d been carrying around was also lifted, and I didn’t have that burden dogging er

We were heading ho with me in the driver’s seat this time since Lauren had tied one on I’m not sure if it was the news about Jenny or just the festive atlad that she’d expressed enough milk for the next few days

“You still haven’t told me what you meant by not at first Does that mean that you did remember her at so in the quietness of the dark car when I thought she was asleep jarred me

“Well, I didn’t think it really mattered by the time I remembered who she was We’d already decided not to use her as a sitter, so I didn’t see the need to even bring her up It’s not like we move in the same circles”

I looked over at her, and she wasn’t looking very convinced She asked me a lot of questions, like when exactly I reed myit had been since I’d last seen her etc