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Remi’s lips quivered and her eyes flooded with unshed tears just waiting to spill over She wasme deeper to her Nails scoured the fine hairs onjade orbs

“It’s all right You can let go, ainstall this tiether I set the pace, forcing her to slon and accept asm finally hit and she wailed, unable to let meand more I wrapped her inthe top of her head and cradling her close against my chest

We dozed for a while, at least until the sun edged thepane andcame Ethan started to chuff little cries into the baby et up

“Stay, sweetheart” I tucked her into the bedding

“But the baby”

“I’ll get hi back for mine”

Remi rolled her eyes “What about me?”

I leaned over the bed and kissed her “I’ll feed you, but you kno I get when I haven’t had a taste ofsounds like I was eating her up

Re her head “Umm, I don’t think that means what you think it does, Evan Rooney”

“Just stay in the bed” My tone was serious I wasn’t nearly finished with her “I’ll be back for breakfast, and after breakfast, we’ll eat” I gave her my casual smirk and earned a pillow thrown after o make Ethan his bottle

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Everyone would be there shortly for the party I sent Hunter out back to help Evan Taylor was already there helping since we had set the kids up in Evan’s roo around all day, feeling queasy and praying I wasn’t co around Ethan’s daycare

“Remi,” Evan called fro up crepe paper and balloons while Hunter held the ladder He had gone a little overboard in decorating, wanting Ethan to have ato take pictures ould have forever I stopped in the hallway to catchdoorbell distracted me

“Evan, I’ll be right out I have to grab the door”