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“Riley?” I shriek

“Yeah Why? Is that not okay? I knoas kind of a dick but he promised me he’d behave next time he saw you”

I look down at the faded sweatpants and threadbare 49ers t-shirt I’ “Drew! Why didn’t you tell me earlier? We can’t have people over when I look like this! I don’t have tiroceries!”

He gives ?”

I groan and look down the hall toin his roo you need to know about Riley”

“What?”

I blow a hair out of ood way to say it Other than to couess”

He scrunches his face “What the fuck are you ra about?”

I take a deep breath and exhale “Riley is Voldemort”

“What does Harry Potter have to do with this? You’re notany sense”

I roll my eyes “Think about that for a second Riley is he who ive him a few seconds but he still looks lost “Oh God, fine! Riley is Nathan’s father Is that clear enough?”

“WhatTheFuck Are you shitting ht now?” he bellows

“Keep your voice down!” I whisper-shout “Nathan doesn’t know yet And I just told Riley yesterday”

“Yesterday? You saw him? Where? And what do you ht he walked when he found out you were pregnant!”

“At the coffee shop across from Jackson’s house He and Riley apparently live in the saet the chance to tell hinant We never even dated We were friends…and we hooked up one night He didn’t know I ever had a child until you told him”