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“I thought you’d grow up,” I joked back, sood mood was infectious and I couldn’t keep up the attitude I’d been throwing his way

“I did,” he said, kissing the side of e”

I leaned into hih the crosswalk

“Thank God,” I said, wrapping my arm around his waist “I love you”

“Love you, too, baby”

Epilogue

Cecilia

“Do you remember when she threw up in that potted plant?” Trix asked, lounging back in a small, plastic pool that had seen better days “She tried to say it was food poisoning”

“How over?” Rose asked

“More times than she should’ve,” Molly said in exasperation “Who tries to convince people they are drinking to excess when they’re pregnant?”

“You realize this isher arrinned at her as she waddled toward us, her round belly highlighted by the bikini she earing “I’ ure out a way to tell Tommy before I told any of you”

“Normal people don’t wait to tell their partner until they’re too big to hide it,” Trix said with a laugh

“Only Toure it out when his wife is puking five times a day and doesn’t have a period,” Rose joked

“Only you would wear a thong bikini when you’re pregnant,” Lily said, shaking her head as Heather walked over to the table covered with party favor-sized sunblock and personal fans Lily misted herself with a spray bottle of water and rubbed her own bare, rounded belly

“You can borrow it if you want,” Heather said easily

“My boobs would never fit,” Lily replied “By the ti to be the size of watermelons”

“Enjoy the bikini My boobs were still larger than normal, especially around the ti as when I’d been pregnant, or right after Olive was born

“It takes all shapes and sizes,”“This was really the best idea for a baby shower, you know? Just booze and sunshine and cake and presents Every party should be like this”

“Every party is like this,” my Aunt Callie countered “Except for the cake and presents”

“I agree,” Lily said to my mom She pointed at me “You and Rose need to take notes for mine”