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“If you’re positive you don’t want it any over to give Lauren a swift hug

The waiter brought thene that Milass Lauren abstained, just like she’d said she would

Mimi took a sip of the cold bubbly brew “Now that all that’s settled, let’s talk about Lauren’s pregnancy”

Allie gasped and Lauren’s jaw dropped

“My what?” Lauren said when she was able to speak again

“You broke out into a sweat earlier in the parking lot And now your skin is glowing You’re crying for no reason at all You aren’t drinking chah you have the best boobs ever, soet even perkier If all that doesn’t add up to you being a new baby momma then I don’t knohat does”

Lauren flushed, then giggled “Okay, but please, don’t tell anyone yet Nate and I want tell Henry first”

“Our lips are sealed,” Mimi promised

“Oh, God, this is aweso a baby, and Mimi…well, Mimi’s mayor”

It wasn’t what Mirateful that the topic of Zeke wasn’t involved She was about to offer up her own toast when out of the corner of her eye she noticed the busboy clearing the table next to thelasses He seemed oddly familiar Where did she know him from?