“Hein?” he glanced over his shoulder the color suddenly draining from his face. “She’s having a baby? Right now?” “Yes!” “La vache!” he stepped on the accelerator honking as he weaved through the traffic. Macey clutched the door handle to keep herself from b
“Okay. Fine. Just no close ups. I’m not even wearing concealer.” “And you don’t need it. You are beautiful just the way you are,” Victoria laughed. The nurse led them to the maternity floor and the private room set aside for her. Though Macey initially insisted on imp
“Not as priceless as the look on their faces when we explained we were just friends. You know, I don’t think they ever really bought it though.” “Well that is hardly our fault. We tried to explain.” The pair laughed awhile longer before Macey felt her calm returned. Vict
“Then why did you son break her heart?” Augustus sighed. His brow furrowed as he said, “Because my son is an idiot.” That was not the answer she was expecting. Was it not customary for fathers to defend their sons no matter what? “And now he’s paying the pr
Girl Talk Macey slammed the door with little thought to the two-year-olds already tucked in their beds. She was frustrated and more than a little hurt. Were all men pigs or was she being overly sensitive? “Sounds like the date didn’t go well?” Victoria asked from the kitc
“Am I being just too sensitive?” she suddenly asked. “If there is one truth in the world, sweetie, it’s that all men are pigs,” Victoria said. “Why do you think my longest relationships have always been with women?” Macey chuckled shaking her head. Her moment of mirth pa
The image of the older man tenderly holding his grandchildren after their birth was still clear in her mind. When they had first met Victoria knew him to be a formidable person used to getting his own way but in the presence of his grandchildren he became a puddle of silly faces and baby talk. Vic
“No, sweetie. You told me before you’ve been in love with him since you were like ten? You don’t get over a love like that over night.” Macey sighed, “He never loved me. I just feel so stupid for caring so much when he felt nothing.” “Unrequited love is the most difficul