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“Seriously” She made eye contact with the elderly lady she’d bonded hile still in nursing school on her first volunteer project “I’ to Dr Overprotective—” she flicked her thu howunder the weather”
“Nothing serious, I hope,” Judy said sy that Abby had said she was fine
“Of course not I’ve just had a little nausea and fatigue for a few days No big deal” At the woious”
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“I’ to reassure her friends
Her face brightening, Joyce clapped her hands together gleefully “Ooh, when you walked in today, I just knew there was soht this gorgeoussmile Dirk’s way then returned her attention to Abby “Just look at how you’re glowing”
“Glowing?” Abby’s mouth dropped just as Dirk’s can crashed to the concrete floor as the wo sank in The sharp intake of his breath al Abby was surprised the thunderous beat of her heart didn’t deafen the assumption”
The two s volunteers looked at each other, then back at Abby and Dirk, their snant?”
“Uh, no” Abby coughed into her hand, trying to make sure she worded this correctly so she didn’t end up as before, protesting to the point that she was only convincing her friends of the opposite “Of course I’nant I can’t be”
Dirk had used a condo, she was sure he had used protection She’d found two opened foil pouches
She faked another cough, whether to show her sy else entirely or just to buy a few more seconds to think of what to say she wasn’t sure
“You ladies are as bad as Dirk about overreacting” She laughed as if their suggestion was preposterous It was preposterous Pregnant Her No way “I’ve just been pushing myself a little too hard with the holidays and have picked up aof so in the eency room It’s a wonder Dirk isn’t sick, too”
But even as she gave the excuse she counted back the days since her last h nuh a number Oh My
This time she inhaled sharply, would have dropped a can if she’d been holding one Her fingers curled into her pal painfully into the soft flesh
Could she be? Was it possible? She’d never considered the possibility, hadn’t dared to consider her lovenant They were consenting adults who’d used a condoers who’d had unprepared-for sex