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She finally stops and whips around Falls to her knees again right byht noith ood reason,juicy kind, is a th I have left, blink to banish the white, flashing lights coatingthat I hope Leandra can actually understand past the pain cutting through e

“I think you need to tell me a little bit more about this curse”

Chapter 8

Leandra

Oh s topped with chili and cheese sauce and jalapenos, anant?

The answer to that would be yes

Resoundingly, affirmatively, confirmed by a blood test at the hospital just now, yes

“You had better tell me a little bit h, which is probably due to the pain in his package and not because I just told hiot back out of the our separate exa roo lot, that I anant

“The curse…” I turn in the driver’s seat- because yes, I drove us to the hospital after Daniel et into a vertical position I helped hi his- unancy test done, even though I hate blood draws I needed that extra bit of proof that I felt that pee couldn’t provide “Uh- well, it’s not a bad curse My granny got tired of us all being single, so she went and got a bunch of- u to each of us, my brothers and my cousins It’s supposed to help us find our soulmate”

“Holy chicken crossing the road, please tell s you earing that night”

Daniel adjusts the ice pack that he has wrapped in a towel over his lap I feel really bad for hie to ruin anything, though it would seee is already done At least to me He just has to deal with sore nuts I’ inside ofthat I am certainly not prepared for, but it’s inside et used to the idea that I’ to be a mom

I set h it’s ridiculous, because the baby is about the size of a speck of dust right now I don’t even feel sick yet My boobs don’t hurt I pretty much have no sy my period? How could I have not realized that I was four days late? To other people four days isn’t much, but to me that’s pretty monumental I swear, time could be rewritten by the constancy of my cycle

“No No, those weren’t them”

Daniel lets out a rasp the wheel with both hands “I’ It was them”

“Gah!” The ice pack slips an inch and he has to readjust it back into place He winces when he shifts in the seat

“Sorry I should have just said I wasn’t- I don’t knohy I did that Lying would have been easier I don’t know that it makes a difference You’re not my souluess we are going to have that conversation The conversation where I say that I’m fully unprepared to be a mom I’m not even sure that I ever want kids At the sa the baby As soon as they toldit If you want to, like, talk about visitation and your role in this, we can do that There’s no need to send et it A one night stand wasn’t supposed to include lifetime consequences You can choose whether you want to be a dad or not, since I’” I snort and lean forward to rest of head on the wheel I can’t look at Daniel “You are going to be a dad technically, but if you don’t want to be one, that’s fine with me I can do this on my own I have faet a nanny or pay for daycare while I work My family would help out If you don’t want to be involved, that’s okay Please know that”