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I shake my head.
Henrik looks between the both of us, twice, with his mouth hanging open. “Is she serious?”
I nod. “Yeah. I’m pregnant. With Damon’s baby,” I say, in case he needs clarification.
“Come here.” He brings me into a tight hug, and he smells like weed and cologne and something fresh. “Congrats, pretty lady.”
“Thank you.”
“I won’t tell Harv. This is your secret to tell.”
I see Gia answer James’s call, and I turn to Hen as she leaves the room. “How is he?”
“He’s actually ... happy. He started work, and I think it’s doing him some good.”
“A few hours a day?”
“Yeah.”
“And therapy?”
“He’s still going. Doing individual and group therapy, and he’s starting couples therapy with Claire at the end of the month.”
“That’s a lot of therapy.”
“He needs it.” Henrik places his hand atop mine. “You’ll be the coolest mom. If you smoke with your kids? Coolest mom, I’m telling you.”
“Henrik.” I shake my head, suddenly nervous. “I appreciate our friendship.”
“Me, too, Gemma, more than you know.”
“Are you sure Harv’s cool with this?”
He nods, the unlit joint between his lips. “I asked him, and he said by us remaining friends, he feels like he has an invisible connection to you. One he’s not ready to sever, so to speak.”
“Yeah, well, he might change his mind.”
“True, but then again, I’d also have to change mine.”
Our fun evening comes to an end, and Henrik leaves Gia and me behind. I grab my ring from my room and show it to her.
“Shut up! You’renotengaged!”
“I am. Seriously, don’t tell Dad. He’ll have a heart attack with all the news I’m sending his way lately.”
She waves me off. “You could never do wrong in his eyes, but I’ll wait until you’re ready.”
“We need time. I need to know he won’t leave, and I’ll probably never stop having anxiety about it until Blu’s born.”
“Blu?”
I caress my flat-looking stomach. I’m excited to grow a bump; it’ll make this more real. “Our baby. I’ll tell Dad soon, but not now. We just got back together.”
Her misty brown eyes pour out all the love she has for me. “My sister’s getting married!” She shrieks, hugging me tightly.
I almost can’t believe it myself.
Not even when Damon comes home and stares at me like he wants to devour me—Gia be damned.
