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“Hi, Mo okay?”

“Oh, yes We’re fine I was just calling to see how you are, honey,” she replied

So in her tone was off She sounded anxious And this was the hard part of living almost three thousand roup I’d always been close to my family To my parents, anyway My sister, Bella, o years older than ht-years ree She’d h school and told him he was the one, but that he’d have to wait till they were twenty-five to get one down

According to Will, he’d expected her to bring out the pregnancy books on their three-year anniversary No one thought twice about it Planning ahead hat Bella did

Kind of like Ash Although if you asked me, Ash took that skill set to a whole new level And yep, the thought of hi to my mother

“I’etto report on my end”

That I can share with you, I amended in my head

“Mot off the phone with your girlfriend Or ex-girlfriend”

I set ht “What? Katie? Why would she call you?”

“We’re still Facebook friends She posted sorateful her family was for all the co like, ‘Give her our best’ I think I added a heart symbol too”

“Emoji,” I corrected

“Yes Anyway, it started a small online conversation that ended with a phone call She told me you’d been kind to her cousin…Cara or Carla”

“Carly”

“That’s it And she said she didn’t want to put anything in writing in case it jeopardized your job Is there really a chance you could get fired, honey?”

This was tricky This was also usually where I relied on my infinite ability to distort the truth In this case, I didn’t want o-to response should have been, “No, Mom I’m perfectly fine”

I opted for honesty

“Yeah, there’s a chance Westgate is a conservative school, and they don’t like controversy of any kind So far, ad will conore it forever If it’s on social media, it’s a so-called story And if we oalie’s sexuality is a headline If they try to th”