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“Thank you again for making it so perfect,” I said.
“You’re welcome.” After a moment of silence, he said, “I’m sorry for last night.”
“Sorry? For what?”
“I know you took us toSubmarinaon purpose. And I know you know that I don’t know why.”Submarinawas the place we were at when I first suspected I was pregnant.
“It’s okay. Dr. Farris told us to keep trying, so that’s all I’m doing. Do you want me to tell you why it’s significant?”
He puckered his lips, considering. “Can you give me a hint?”
I smiled and looked down. “It has to do with Hudson.”
“Was it where you told me you were pregnant?”
“No.”
“Where you found out you were pregnant?”
“Vince!” I squealed. “No! I did not take a pregnancy test in a sandwich shop.” He laughed so loudly Hudson looked up at him.
“Well, I’ve heard about women taking them in weirder places than that.”
I scoffed. “Well, I didn’t. But you’re close.”
He became thoughtful for a moment. When he shrugged and guessed, “You got sick there and realized you might be?” I grinned.
“Yep. We were eating turkey sandwiches andDoritos. Out of nowhere, I got queasy and ran to the bathroom. After we left, you took me to get a test, and that’s when we found out.”
“I’m sorry, I don’t remember.”
“It’s okay.” I kissed him. “It was pretty funny. When I told you I thought I might be pregnant, you kind of freaked out. You actually looked more sick than I felt.”
“Because it came out of nowhere. And we said we were going to wait another year or two.”
Our eyes met. “You remember that?”
He looked as surprised as I did. “Yeah.” He chuckled. “I don’t know where that came from. But yeah, I remember us talking about starting a family. You were ready. I wasn’t quite there yet.”
“As soon as we saw that the test was positive, you forgot all about that, though. I swear, you were a man on a mission. We scheduled the soonest doctor’s appointment to confirm. And after our first checkup, we went for ice cream. You were so excited.”
He looked at Hudson, then back to me. “I may not remember all of that, Hailey, but I do know that I love you guys with everything I got. There’s nothing more important to me than the two of you.”
Our conversation turned to Hudson’s upcoming birthday party. We were a few weeks away, and I wanted to finalize things. “Are you sure you’re okay with the headcount?”
“Hailey, I’ve already told you, don’t worry about me. Do what you would normally do. I don’t want you to change things because of me.”
“I’m just worried. It might be overwhelming.”
“Hailey, I appreciate it. I know it’s going to be overwhelming. And I’ll probably get emotional. I missed his first birthday, and that makes me sad. But I’m here for this one, and that makes me really happy. I want to celebrate with him. And I want it to be fun. I’ll be fine. Really. If I need a break, we can use a codeword.”
“Ooh, like a safe word?”
He barked a laugh. “Something not too sexy, though.”
“Hmm, how aboutbananas?” When he raised a brow, I explained. “It has many meanings. Does the cake have bananas in it? Are there any more bananas for the fruit plate? Gosh, this party is bananas.”
He laughed again. “Bananas it is.” He kissed me. “I’m bananas for you, Hailey Weber.”
