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I turn my attention to the menu and our waiter comes for our drink order

We both order water

Thea looks at hershe’s ever encountered

I decide what I want to order and set mine aside

Thea decides too and lays her menu down Our waiter comes with our waters and a basket of bread He takes our orders before leaving again

Thea sighs, crossing her fingers together

I lean closer to her “What’s on your mind, sweetheart?”

She bites her lip “You’re going to laugh”

“I won’t laugh,” I vow

“You’re going to say, I told you so, then” She frowns, tilting her head

I shake my head, totally confused now “You’ve lost me”

She sighs heavily “I don’t want to go back to work”

She’s been on maternity leave sine a feeeks before she had Xael, and she still has time left, obviously

“Okay,” I say slowly

She rolls her eyes “I don’t want to go back to work,” she repeats “I want to quit and stay home with Xael I knoas so anti-stay-at-home mom at first, but that was before I had her and realized … this is what I’ I was ever made to do” She starts to tear up and my jaw drops in surprise