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I look over when the floor squeaks and see Jules standing in the doorway, leaning against the frame Her smile is vibrant and so damn beautiful

“Hey, Mom!” Aria calls “Come look what I did”

Jules ambles over and looks down at the heart wrapped in ivy Her fingers shift naturally through Aria’s hair without thought as she carefully looks over the design

“That’s beautiful, Aria Your lines are getting better”

“Thanks,” she says proudly Her eyes move to mine “Can we do another one?”

“How about you do the next one on your own Shohat you can do”

“Okay” She turns back to the table and grabs another piece of fake skin

I turn tostoht nant, and I can’t wait to hold our baby in my arms

As if agreeing with e knocks my lower abdomen, followed quickly by another

“Junior is restless,” Ithe sides of Jules’s stomach

She smiles at me and slides her hands up ht “He’s hungry”

“Well, then, we better feed him” I nip at the tip of her nose

She groans and plants her face againstIt see as a house by the tiets here”

I chuckle at her mumbled words, then bend and scoop her intoto feed Mom and Junior I’ll be back to check on you in a few”

She doesn’t even indicate she heard n Aria takes afterher co, sketching, or working with the tattoo machine