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I stopped him in the kitchen.
“Hey,” I said.
Rome grabbed me and hugged me. “Fuck… dude…”
“She’s okay,” I whispered to him. “She didn’t eat or drink all day. Had herself all worked up with some thoughts. She has a stretch mark.”
“What?” Rome asked as he stepped back.
“She has a stretch mark,” I whispered. “She showed me. She’s afraid you won’t think she’s beautiful anymore. During pregnancy. And after.”
“Is she insane?”
“Pregnancy stuff, Rome. Hormones. Body changes. It’s a lot.”
“I would die for her. And for our baby.”
“I don’t doubt it for a second. I’m just letting you know what’s up.”
Rome passed right by me and went to Emily.
He sat down on the couch and touched her face with one hand and placed his other hand on her belly.
He kissed her. He whispered something into her ear that made her smile. Then made her start to cry.
I had taken a nice, long break from thinking about Sage, but time was up.
I fell right back into it again.
Sage running through my mind.
My eyes looking at Emily’s pregnant stomach.
Sage and I… and the secret we had…
Ten years ago.
How certain aspects of her life match up in a way that made me wonder…
About that time we met up and fucked ten years ago.
Chapter Twenty
SAGE
Way… Way… Back…
I saw the email waiting.
I can’t do this. I can’t find this out…
I called my grandfather.
“Can I forward you an email?” I asked. “Then you can open it and read it.”
“Email? What do you… how do you do that?”
“You just click it.”
