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“What are you doing here, Luca?” I finally asked when I couldn’t stand the silence in the room another second
He glanced up frowith a few different shades of brown, but I was too tired to decipher theht then “I don’t think you’re ready to hearhere, Vi”
“How did you even know?”
He placed a slice of bread on top of one of the sandwiches and cut it in half before picking it up and offering it toyou probably aren’t ready to discuss Maybe tomorrow”
I just looked at hirasped ht hand and placed half of the sandwich in it before lifting it toward irl will calm down a little if you feed her”
“Y-you know I’irl?” I asked in bewilderment
He finished spreading mayo over the other two sandwiches and picked one up After taking a bite, he chewed, seeive himself time to come up with an answer “I know she likes it when her daddy reads to her at night I know she likes the sound of herto her, because her kicks aren’t as hard, but she’s still just as active And I knoithout a shadow of a doubt, that I already love her more than life itself because she is half you”
I dropped the uneaten sandwich back onto the plate and started to slide off the island “You shouldn’t be here”
“Yeah, babe I really should be” He ainst the island and picked upit in my hand, he lifted it to my mouth himself “Open,” he commanded
“Luca, stop,” I snapped, turningat his chest
“That’s it, baby Get pissed at me” With his free hand, he stroked his thumb over my jaw “Scream at me Hit et it all out I know you’re hurting That your heart aches so bad it’s hard to breathe right now I’ Yell in my face Kickto eat because this baby needs you to stay healthy for her”
“Just tellback tears of the frustration that waswith my heartache I couldn’t tell up fro me more
“For you, Vi,” he said cal
“But why?” I cried, slappingto push hiet away I wanted away fro, away from the noise in my head that wouldn’t shut up
“Let’s compromise,” he offered, still in that calm voice that at one time would have soothed me “You eat, and I’ll answer a few of your questions”