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Chapter 34
"No! You are not getting out of it again. We're going shopping today, and that's final." Eight months pregnant Emma wasn't giving up. She barged in one morning demanding from Maggie to accompany her to the mall.
"No, Emma, you look like you swallowed a watermelon, and it's not safe for you to just simply go through the stores. Plus, you know very well that your feet will start to hurt before you even make it to the exit of the first shop. Like it did last time…"Maggie and Emma hanged out together often, both going shopping for baby things. Emma was buying things for the newcomer, and Maggie everything she thought was cute, and that reminded her of baby Eric. But lately, Emma was getting tired easily, so they would stay in most of the time. The driver would drop Emma off and would come to pick her up after the two of them would spend hours talking, eating whatever Emma was craving for, or doing some online shopping, which
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