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Chapter 1

The tests were in, and there was in fact a little life growing inside of her Jah it still scared the hell out of her Kids didn’t come with ht maybe they should

Alex was excited about the possibilities, and had already started a list of boy and girl names that he wanted her to continue to add to until they found out what they were having He was like a kid himself, excited and hyper as he talked nonstop about it He had been quiet at first, finally telling her he orried he would turn out like his father Then so to be the best dad ever Jamie didn’t doubt it for a moment

The honeymoon phase was still very much in effect, but Jamie wasn’t sure that it wouldn’t always be with Alex Si in the same room with him left her breathless

She walked to the kitchen as her phone blasted upbeat tunes froolf with Mark, which had beco to lower his stress levels The fact that the two brothers were spending tih to make Jamie smile They needed each other With their one, they were it from the Reid side of the family

Until this teeny tiny peanut inside of her came out If it was a boy, the naly to her belly

The press situation had started to subside over the last feeeks, thea hold of a Hollywood icon’s newest scandal and running in that direction A fa author, and the paparazzi wanted to figure out who the author was Whereas Jarateful for the break in attention, she felt horrible for whoever’s life it was that they were headed to wreck Thethat Alex was approaching the line to be one of the top five wealthiesthe could do to change it It was like salazines thrived on hype that wasn’t true It was daht just be Alex

The story with Stephen was pulled froot a hold of the in jail for attempted murder Nicholas was out of the picture and the settleree with not taking him to court He deserved his own private jail cell, too, but supporting Alex in his decision was her best bet It was his lawsuit to file or settle, and he’d been the bigger man He alas

Sunday afternoons were quiet around the house, and cleaning up the huge place they called hoic She bounced on her heels as she worked to get her hair up Her eyesto scrub that the maids didn’t catch earlier that week

Alex refused to let the Cinderella at her mother’s house half of her childhood left her lost It was better to stay busy anyway It helped her not think about everything co up

“If only childbirth could be like the wedding Safe Corabbed a box of light bulbs before walking through the living room

A quick spin on her toes al her balance

“Oh crap” She reached out and grabbed the arh The doctors had cleared her fronant, and yet no one could tell her why the tests caured that it was a tubal pregnancy, but after running a fewwas alright The fetus here it was supposed to be Living in fear over as or wasn’t for a feeeks waiting for the results, after all they’d been through with the press and Stephen, was exhausting

“We need another vacation A pere and walked out, flipping on a light and searching for the ladder Two of the three lights had burned out above Alex’s side of the garage, and trying to get hi at ho at the office She didn’tShe hadn’t really asked him to fix them

Her phone buzzed as she located the ladder, and she turned and walked back into the house Not answering Alex’s call, should it be him, would only leave him worried

He’d been having h he refused to have it checked out The idea of it being related to hi shot never seemed to leave her mind, but the cause was irrelevant The fact still re, and they’d yet to diagnose what

“Hey, baby” Jamie trapped the phone between her ear and her shoulder