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“I’m not. I’m a whale.”
“Autumn, you’ve barely gained, what? Twenty pounds?”
“Twenty-two.”
I teased, “Such a whale.”
She held her belly. “I think I have to go pee again.” She thought about it for a second. “Wait, no. It’s gone. False alarm. What were we talking about?”
“Wow. Mommy brain is real.”
“You have no idea. I forget everything. Thank God for Julian, or I’d forget to take all my vitamins.”
“Awe, he makes you remember?”
She swooned. “He brings them to me in the morning with water and breakfast.”
“I think that’s the cutest thing I’ve ever heard.”
“It’s the least he can do! I’m carrying his soccer player of a son who thinks my uterus is a soccer ball. Plus, he wants to have sex with me, like all the time! There’s barely any room for this baby and my organs.”
I laughed, I couldn’t help it.
“It’s not funny! I don’t need another thing inside of me! Everything turns into sex. He rubs my feet, his dick’s inside of me. He gives me a back rub, his dick’s inside of me. He thinks I’m like a fucking pinball machine that he can poke all day long.”
“And you love it.”
“Ugh,” she dramatically exclaimed. “God help me, I do. We’re going to end up with ten kids, watch.”
I jerked back. “Ten?”
“Oh yeah! If it were up to Julian, we’d have at least seven. He’s already talking about our next baby, when this one isn’t even born yet.”
“He’s going to give you some time to recover, though?”
“I wish! Last night he was talking about how awesome it would be to have two kids under the age of one.”
“Wow.”
“Right? He’s insane. And don’t get me started on Capri, who isn’t any help either. She’s ecstatic about having a brother. Especially since she doesn’t have any cous” —she caught herself— “shit, I’m so sorry. Mommy brain again.”
“You don’t have to apologize, Autumn. I know how excited she is to have siblings. Capri is a doll, and she’s going to be an amazing big sister.”
“Look at me.” She shook her head. “I came here to talk about you and all I’ve done is talk about myself.”
“I appreciate the distraction.”
She sat on the stool. “How are you doing? Like for real? Don’t give me the bullshit version.”
I inhaled a deep breath before sitting on the stool beside her. “To be completely honest, since we signed our divorce papers two months ago, I’ve been a fucking mess.”
“Is there anything I can do?”
“You’re doing it. You’ve been checking in on me every week. Your mom and dad come by every other. I didn’t expect to still have you all in my life.”
“Kinley Troy! Of course, we’re still going to be in your life. We’re family. No matter what is going on with my brother, you’ll always be my sister.”
I smiled, needing to hear that. Other than Jax, Christian’s family was all I had. I couldn’t lose them too.
