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My handyman and driver Raymond found a friend to replace Jerome for Daddy, and I located another maid and cook to replace Carmelita, but that maid had words with Belinda and quit and I had to find another I was going at so rapid a pace these days that I didn't stop to think aboutI woke and almost immediately became nauseous and vomited Samuel heard the commotion and knocked on my door

"Are you all right, Olivia?"

I caught

"Olivia?"

"Yes, yes," I said "I'm fine, Samuel"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes," I said, but a cold fear caht aboutmy period and I had been so busy lately, that I lost track of the days and weeks This wasn't just irregularity, I thought It had been too long even for that

Without Saton and had an exaave nosis

"Congratulations, Olivia You are pregnant," he announced with fanfare in his voice

The word hitwhen I had opened the door to Belinda's roonancy and babies were dark andbe like?

I didn't tell Sa it a secret fro true And then there was the strange dreaht the doctor had called to tell me the news I dreamed the baby that was born looked so ether I had fantasized so strongly when he and I had made love that my body put Nelson's features into the baby and not Sahtened me Later, when my baby was born and he looked hts would seem even more ridiculous

The ton had called, I finally announced the news to Samuel at breakfast

"It sees relate to an

"Condition? What condition?"

"Doctor Covington tells nant"