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“And you didn’t think this was infor her expression It was like a curtain had suddenly fallen between us

“I thought you knew,” I said, letting her go as she climbed off the bed

“How the fuck would I know?” she snapped, pulling on her underwear She froze with her hands on her hips and stared at the floor

“Everybody knows,” I replied, getting to my feet

“No,” she huffed “No, they don’t So to me”

“Why?” I understood that she was shocked, but she was acting like I’d betrayed her somehohich was complete bullshit “They probably assumed that you already knew”

“No, they didn’t”

“You sure of that?” I asked, pulling my jeans on

“Yes, I’ at me

“Right”

“I’ve wanted kids forever,” she said through her teeth The words were like a punch straight to the groin “So, yeah If Lily or my mo they would’ve brought up”

“You’ve never said anything about kids,” I said cautiously, realizing too late just how badly shit had gone sideways “Nothin’”

“Well, it wasn’t really soht we had to talk about yet,” she said, throwing her hands in the air “I’ condoms”

“If you woulda said somethin’—”

“I’ at me like I’d lost e part of being with you is helping raise Kara—”

“I never asked you to help raise Kara,” I said automatically

I knew the e Irrevocably

“So you don’t want kids with h, “and I’m not allowed to claim Kara, either”

“You never said you wanted kids,” I snapped defensively

“You never fucking asked,” she yelled back

She dropped to her knees and started frantically stuffing her clothes into the bag that had been sitting in the corner of the room for over a month

“What’re you doin’?” I asked, reaching for her

“Don’t touchme jerk back in surprise