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But giving her husband the dignity of having his own moment, I dab at my eyes before sniffing back what surely must be allergies.
“I’m spotting some older boys over there,” I mention to May, jutting my chin toward some of the other kids from her school.
“So?” May murmurs back, craning her neck to make sure Jesse can see us in the crowd and giving her a little wave.
“That dress,” I mutter to myself, and May asks me in a serious, almost annoyed tone what the hell I’m talking about.
“I’m just saying…. Graduation…. Older boys….Thatdress…?”
It takes a second for May to catch on, but when she looks up at me, I raise my eyebrows up and down with a knowing look on my face.
“Hey! I know the power of that dress,” I explain, but she’s not buying it.
“I think its magic kinda only rubbed off on us, honey,” my wife informs me.
“It really did, didn’t it?” I ask her seriously, taking her hand in mine and pressing it to my lips.
“You gave me three beautiful kids, sweetheart. And I’m as proud of you as I am of Jesse today,” I tell her with all my heart.
“Four,” May says under her breath, shifting herself again to wave at Jesse again.
“Wha-What?” I stutter, but May turns to me again, her lower lip trembling with emotion.
Proud of our daughter, but choosing the moment to let me know that after all these years, she’s pregnant again with our fourth.
“Four, Brandon,” she says again, taking my hand and holding it over her belly.
“A baby! Again?” I exclaim, kissing her hard as everyone around us stands up.
“You’ve made me the happiest man alive,” I whisper in her ear, and standing up, we join the other parents, cheering and clapping for their kids.
With our applause feeling the loudest until my hand’s firmly in hers again, I lean over to May so she can hear me properly.
“I love you, May…I’ll always love you.”
“I love you too, Brandon. I love you, too.”
