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“It was her idea!”
“So why did we lie to Quaid about where we were going?” Hollis asked as she fed Darlia.
“Because if he’d known that I’d planned on doing all of this, he would’ve insisted we have a Carter with us, and to be truthful, I’m getting a little bit overwhelmed with his overprotectiveness,” I admitted.
To be completely truthful, he was driving me bat shit crazy.
I couldn’t do anything, go anywhere, or even poop in peace.
Granted, I’d scared the man to death, but gosh. It would be nice to be somewhere that I could just be.
I was slowly being smothered to death, and he didn’t even know it.
“My son will do better,” Garnett promised as she reached for my hand.
I squeezed it back, feeling my heart flutter.
I loved this family.
I loved them as much as I loved mine.
“You didn’t see him, Ell.” Ande looked at me, having taken one cucumber off her eye. “He was beside himself. He walked into the ER with your good hand in his, and he looked like he’d taken a four-by-four to the face. He was in shock. He was scared. He was pretty much broken. Give him some time.”
I had given time.
And I would continue to give him some time.
I just needed a break.
And this seemed the way to do it.
Plus…
“I also want to go and buy his wedding present,” I said. “I can’t do that if he’s with me.”
“What is it?” Ande questioned.
“A surprise.” I smiled.
“Who’s next?”
I looked up to find the owner of the spa standing there with waxing strips in her hand.
“Oh, me!” I smiled. “I’m next.”
She gestured me to come back, and I did, waddling my way back.
“How far along are you?” the owner smiled.
I patted my distended belly before saying, “Roughly thirty-one weeks or so. They don’t think I’ll make it to forty, but they’re holding out hope.”
She helped me onto her table, and then said, “Lean on back. Pull the robe up. We’ll get started on the inner right thigh first.”
It took me twenty minutes to get waxed and another five for her to bedazzle my vagina with Quaid’s name.
I’d thought about doing a diamond studded ‘Q’ but decided there were too many Qs in the family for me to go with that.
In the end, I’d gone with his entire name, and even though I couldn’t see it because of my belly, I knew that it was perfect.
