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He shrugged

“Just listen to it, Jesus,” Hoax growled

“I just figured that it was more reporters I nearly blocked the nuent…”

The phone rang in his hand, and he sighed “My agent/publicist says I should keep the of…”

He pressed the answer button, and then put the phone on speaker as he placed it on his thigh

“Hello, Elouise,” Linc drawled, sounding tired

“I think we can spin it so that you tere role-playing,” Elouise began without preaet all the photos off the Internet, people aren’t likely to forget that it happened I’ll just spin it so that an overzealous reporter took an anonymous tip that you were at a certain hotel, and took it upon theer was fired, as well as two housekeepers It was a tragedy But, you also have to pay theave them six months to do it That okay?”

I closed h of relief

“Yes,” I answered instantly “I’ll do anything”

Anything to h stayed healthy, and I didn’t have to bring charges against Tara

I wouldn’t be sending that woman to jail

I also wouldn’t be sitting by so that Tantor and her father could continue to use her

Surprisingly, her biggest advocate was Liner, as suspiciously absent tonight from the club dinner that we had just finished

“That’s good” Elouise yawned “I’ht so that I’ht’s sleep I haven’t been able to do that in at least two months”

Then she was gone, leaving the room around me quiet

Since it was, I went ahead and listened to the latest voicemail that the so-called hospital had left just moments before

I pressed play and then speaker and waited

“Mr and Mrs James, this is Linda Hayith Good Shepherd Laboratory I’ to inform you of your test results I’ve tried to reach you multiple times over the last couple of months, and this will be my final attenancy test, and the hored in the…”

I missed what else she said because my brain was hyper-focused on one word

Pregnant

“Well, shit,” Hoax ine that”

I felt the ring ina hole in the fabric and wondered if she would think that I was asking her to nant

But I felt somy child inside of her that I wasn’t too worried

And I couldn’t stopwhat I did next