"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."

gets over his germophobia, even

notoriously hard to deal with, after

it over and had to

good ones! If it were Jeffrey pulling these kinds of stunts, I'd be worried about wearing

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

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

was Karen's principle

continued their chat until the foreman called for her, prompting her to quickly end the

the office, she hadn't even taken a full

Dorothy reached out to steady

The foreman noticed

fading, but she managed to dial Everett's number with sheer willpower.

she could finish, darkness swallowed

end of the line, Everett kept calling out,

...

back at the hospital felt entirely

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