"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."

"Unless he gets over his germophobia, even with a gun to his

notoriously hard to deal with, after

thought it over and had to

the good ones! If it were Jeffrey pulling

got to stop overthinking things just because you're pregnant! He's

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

Karen's

patiently continued their chat until the foreman called for her, prompting

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

reached out to

noticed her distress and rushed over

fading, but she managed to

finish, darkness swallowed

the other end of the line, Everett kept

...

hospital felt entirely different from any previous

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