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She was, to put it nicely, a mess

And she worried A lot The fact was, she worried all the time

She had to find a safer place to live That was priority nus The pitiful amount she’d stashed aould never cover the expenses of the baby …

The baby

Her baby

When had those words gone fro her sick with fear to filled with hope?

She’d found out she was pregnant the old-fashioned way First, no s spent bowed over the toilet

Finally, she’d bought an early-pregnancy test kit

“No,” she’d said when she saw the results

Half a dozen tests later, she knew there was no sense in denying reality

Thegift

Her own fault: A, for sleeping with hiht, her throat constricting at theyou couldn’t take a birth control pill on, say, Mondayand then not take another until Tuesday late afternoon no matter how busy you ith auditions and work and classes …

But then, she hadn’t been on the pill for sex, she’d been on it to regulate her cycle

And she had certainly done that

Sage gave a strangled laugh, saw the attendant’s face in the h