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It wasn’t a new theory, of course

She and her sister had dinner together at Aht and talked for hours Wonderful hours About growing up and hopes and dreams, about family and wants and needs All stuff they’d been over before and delved into again as they talked about the future No choices were ed between them Probably not even the conversation, but for Aood

Increasingly at peace with the Angie situation, A about the sex of her baby on Thursday While she waited for tea to brew she thought of boy nairl names on the brain She still hadn’t really felt the baby move Not for sure There’d been some bubbles that could have been movement

She wasn’t calling them that Not until she knew for sure

Now that they’d signed the deal for the “lace e to do and had set aside hours on Thursday specifically for that purpose Angie was handling all business calls, situations and proble to leave her drawing table, having to replace the lightbulb that illuminated the white top fro that pleased her

She had sketched one earring So sie and threw it away Picking up her tablet, she played with the electronic designing choices, and exited out of the prograain, went back to the light board and drew a tiny denim jumper with lacy pockets and a colorful lacy butterfly sewn to the bib

Baby clothes! Why hadn’t she thought of that? Shaking her head, she ran for Angie, as in her office next door on the phone Judging by her frown, and the way her sister’s mouth remained firm, she was on a business call that couldn’t wait

A new idea could

She’d drawn a juirl? Was having a girl? Or had the baby apparel been for a girl becausetheir customers, their product, was feirl in a lace embellished jumper had her drop her marker and turn off the board

Back in her own office, knowing her sister would seek her out once she’d taken care of whatever she was dealing with, Aht she was afraid to know the sex of the baby because she was afraid to let it be real until it was viable Or had he just led her to figuring that out for herself?

Either waythere was truth in it She was afraid to believe that she was really going to have her family Afraid to let herself believe To count on it

Afraid to let herself try to open the door to hts—and bringing such pleasure into her days? Afraid to acknowledge that she cared about him

Afraid because she’d done all she could do, was doing all she could do, and the restwas out of her control

Sojust like with Angie’s decision, she had to let the fear go