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“Why not?” Ashlyn asks. “You’re not breastfeeding.”
“I can hardly change a poopy diaper when I stumbling down drunk.”
Ashlyn rubs her hands together. “Awesome. We’re getting stumbling down drunk tonight.”
“Do you have a hearing problem? I literally said I can’t get stumbling down drunk seconds ago.”
Ashlyn shrugs. “All I heard was stumbling down drunk.”
I lean forward to whisper in Harmony’s ear. “Go ahead. I’ve got baby duty for the night. Have some fun. You deserve it.”
“You’re going to change poopy diapers at two in the morning?”
“I usually change Robin at three, but I can switch it up and do two.”
She frowns, which means she’s wavering, and I decide to push it.
“How is this different from any other night?”
Ashlyn shoves a beer bottle in Harmony’s hands. “It’s decided.” She lifts up her bottle. “Cheers!”
Moon bangs the gavel on the table. “Is the disrupter ready to proceed now?”
Everyone in the room looks at Ashlyn who widens her eyes. “What? Me?”
“The first order of business today is the festival for Litha,” Moon begins.
“No, it’s not,” Sage says as she stands. “I believe the first order of business today is Robin.”
“Robin?” Harmony scrunches her nose. “Do they mean my baby girl?”
“Yes.” Petal stands as well. “What are we going to do?”
Harmony jumps to her feet. “What do you mean? What are you going to do? Are you planning to steal my baby?”
The panic is clear to see in her eyes. I grasp her hand before she can run off. “No one’s stealing Robin.”
I’ll break all the non-violence rules Winter Falls has ever made – and add some they’ve never heard of – if someone tries to steal Robin away from Harmony.
“Ahem!” Lilac, one of Ashlyn’s older sisters, and the town comptroller clears her voice, and everyone immediately settles down. No one wants to be on Lilac’s bad side. Not since she controls the purse strings to the town’s money. “Robin is not on the agenda.”
“Agenda schemda.” Sage dismisses Lilac’s comment with a wave of her hand. “The court case is coming up soon and we need a plan of attack.”
Harmony swallows. “A plan of attack?”
“To ensure the sperm donor doesn’t get custody of our Robin,” Clove explains.
“We are not letting a drug addict raise our baby,” Cayenne adds.
Petal nods in agreement. “Never happening.”
“Drink!” Ashlyn shouts.
“Can you be serious for ten minutes?” Harmony hisses at Ashlyn.
Ashlyn shrugs. “There’s nothing to be serious about.”
“Are you crazy?” Harmony screams. “This is the most serious thing in the world. Amy wants me to raise her baby. Me!” She pounds her chest. “No one, and I do mean no one, will take this baby from me.”
