"Can Abigail and Langston come too?" Karen's voice lit up with excitement, "I've missed them like crazy!"

"That might disrupt your rest, though."

"Oh, screw rest! I'm about to grow cobwebs over here!"

Dorothy totally got where Karen was coming from.

Given her spirited nature, being cooped up all day would indeed drive her up the wall.

But Dorothy could also understand Jeffrey's concern.

Their second child was nothing short of a miracle, an absolute blessing, and he was understandably worried about even the slightest thing going wrong.

She figured if she were pregnant again, Everett would probably be just as protective...

"I'll talk to Everett about it and see. He's been swamped dealing with Quincy lately."

"Dorothy, aren't you worried that Everett might actually...you know, with Quincy?" Karen hesitated but felt it was necessary to voice her concern. "What if Quincy insists, and Everett goes behind your back? You'd be none the wiser." "I trust him, really, it's not a concern."

help but smile. "Unless he gets over his germophobia, even with a

to deal

over and had to

Jeffrey pulling these kinds of stunts, I'd be worried about

wouldn't. You've got to stop overthinking things just because you're pregnant! He's changed so

he would. And he better keep his word, or I won't

Karen's principle in

until the foreman called for her, prompting her to quickly end the

office, she hadn't even taken a full step when a sudden dizziness

reached out to steady herself against the

alright?" The foreman noticed her distress and

was fading, but she managed to dial Everett's number

could finish, darkness swallowed her

the line, Everett kept

...

back at the hospital felt

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