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Maggie:Ian is off the baby name list.

After a moment of thinking,she added.

Maggie:So is Jack.

Simply because shecouldn’t imagine the baby having the same name as Jack.

Indie:Ian was never on the list. Jack was a possibility, but I’ll take it off if necessary.

Maggie:Yep. It’s a no. I’m here safe and sound. Miss and love you.

Indie:Love you more.

Next,she opened her family’s text messages and braced herself.

Mum:Well? Are you there yet? Did everything go all right?

Mum:Maggie? Text me back.

Mum:Is William all right? I knew this would be too much for him.

Mum:Maggie!

Dad:Answer your mum, she’s worried about you.

Rachelle:Maggie, answer Mum before she has a freaking coronary.

Ronny:Maggie! Stop being a tosser and answer Mum. After all she’s done for you, she doesn’t need this stress. None of us do.

And there it was.The guilt trip. Mum didn’t need to deliver it herself. Although she often did. Nope. Maggie’s two older siblings were more than happy to remind her of everything that her parents had done for her. That the whole family had.

She tugged at several strands of hair, letting the pain help soothe her nerves and anger.

You don’t have a right to the anger.

They sacrificed so much for you and you blew it all up.

You owe them everything.

She sent out a group text.

Maggie:Sorry. We got in late and I crashed. We’re all good. Better go. Got to go to work.

Immediately,her phone buzzed.

Rachelle:I wish I had your ‘job’. Try being chained to a desk nine-to-five with a boss that hates you.

Ronny:Work? Haha, I needed that laugh.

Hurt wormedits way through her and she had to breathe deeply to hold back the tears.

Her family loved her. She knew they did.

It was just that they had yet to forgive her. And the sad thing was . . . she wasn’t sure they ever would.

Her parents didn’t reply. She wasn’t sure if that was better or worse.

Crap. She tugged at her hair again, pulling several strands free.

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