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“You’re going through with it, aren’t you?” Phillip asks, folding his arms across his chest

“Going through hat?” I ask, blowing my hair from my face

“Those kids,” he spits out “You’re keeping them”

I laugh “They’re keeping me, actually,” I say

“I never took you for stupid”

I snort His face turns red “The only stupid thing I ever did was pick you Asshole,” I say under et inme It’s all I can do not to put the n and stick er out it to flip him off But I’m a mom now Moms don’t make public spectacles of the it in my head It’ll do for now, too, because he looks pissed

I turn the radio up loud as I drive across town I should feel bad about our breakup, but I’m not heavyhearted Not at all Not like I should be I actually feel free And I have to ad Matthew Reed has so to do with that

Heck, I just broke up with so feelings for Matt It’s too soon Plus, I have tooon in ht mind would want me and my three kids? I snort to irls One of the other moms scrunches her nose up at uess moms aren’t supposed to snort out loud, either

Seth told Joey and Mellie that I would be picking them up frooing on when I walk in the door Joey hides behind her teacher’s skirt, and Mellie sticks her thuirls,” with a soft voice A soft voice won’t scare them, will it? Crap I am terrible at this mom stuff

“Mrs Morgan?” the teacher asks I called her last week and talked with her on the phone about our situation She was very nice and really understanding

I stick out my hand “Miss,” I say to correct her I’m definitely not married, and it doesn’t look like I ever will be now

She shakes et Joey out froirls are still in day care, and they coround The girls apparently stick to one another like glue Is that norht? I wouldn’t know normal if it bit me on the butt

“Miss Morgan, if I can rimaces

I look up at her Joey and Mellie still aren’t co toward me I live in the same house with them Joey pulls on her teacher’s skirt and says quietly, “Is et me?”

Pain slices through me I don’t kno to explain death to the little ones Seth doesn’t either, apparently

The teacher squats down and says, “Noe talked about this, didn’t we, Josephine?”

Heck, I didn’t even know that Joey’s real name is Josephine What kind of a mother am I?

Joey just blinks up at her

“Mo back,” the teacher says