"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."

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

was notoriously hard to deal with,

thought it over

the good ones! If it were Jeffrey pulling these kinds of stunts, I'd

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

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

was Karen's principle in

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

hadn't even taken a full

Dorothy reached out to steady herself

The foreman noticed her distress

was fading, but she managed to dial Everett's

could finish, darkness swallowed

of the line, Everett kept calling

...

back at the hospital felt entirely different

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