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Brett pales and I laugh I slap hiht”
“Not funny,” he h his sandy blonde hair Brett and Candice went to high school together and they’re a walking cliché He was Varsity football tea squad in their senior year, but they’ve been together since they were sopho at over six feet tall, but he’s built like a football player, whereas I am a little less bulky I see the way he looks at Candice, even in her pregnant state, and it’s obvious that he adores her Sure, they drive each other up the wall constantly, but I’ve never seen two people ht for each other
Seeing the way he looks at my sister, even after all these years, makes me sick, but I feel a pinch of jealousy, too Not that I don’t think they don’t deserve their happiness, or their growing fa that, too “So, you guys ready for baby number two?”
He sighs, a s at his mouth “Yeah, man I can’t wait, and neither can Candice As nant, I think we’re et here”
“You guys picked out a name yet?”
Brett shakes his head “No, Candice seems to think we’ll know once we meet her”
“I hear having a daughter is orse than having a son,” Noah remarks “Especially when they hit puberty and shit”
“You’re in for one hell of a tih
“If who’s like their mother?”
Our heads whip around andbehind us, hands on her hips, with her belly sticking out
“Nothing, baby,” Brett replies quickly He is so whipped when it comes to my sister that I’ ti married to my sister can have that effect on a man
Candice’s eyes narrow and she purses her lips “You’re lucky I’nant, babe, otherwise I’d have to coax it out of you”
Brett chuckles, and leans down to kissher belly “U out of nant in the first place”
Candice’s cheeks redden and she playfully slaps his chest “Brett! No bedroom talk around my family!”
I laugh and throwabout your kinky fuckery, dude You’re stillto scar me for life”
Candice shoots me a look and before she can render any physical injuries to my body, my mother walks in and announces that dinner is ready I find Hayley and we all take our places at the dining roo n all the delicious s”
My les next to me Man, I love that sound I look around at all the familiar faces and stop at the e that my father were here He may be just down the hall but he’s not really here in the way our fa away and decide to enjoy this one day without allowing the guilt to settle in my stomach
“Well, don’t just stare at the food, go ahead and eat up,” h We dish up a bit of everything and fall into an easy conversation as if we’ve done this every year for the past decade I’ve
“Have you seen Ari?” Hayley asks next to me
“No, last I saw she went to the kitchen with mom”
I look around and spot a little head of brown hair bobbing up and down Aritowards the high chair my mother set up next to Hayley, she corows quiet and for some reason everyone’s eyes are on , brown eyes and I swearputty