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Arya told him about her family, and about her former best friend, whom she hadn't heard from in months. Which made her suspicious that she had been the one who ratted her out to her brother Jeff.

"And the lord doesn't get mad because you're friends with Mark?" asks Cathy innocently.

"He doesn't, he knows he's my boss and that's all he needs to know. One day, I'll leave and not come back" she declares sadly.

"You really won't come back?" asks Cathy.

"I won't, it's part of the agreement, what's more, I don't even know if I'll be able to meet the baby when it's born," she confesses resignedly at that. She's been thinking about it for a while, but is encouraged to talk it over with Ayden.

"What if one day she wants another child?" asks Cathy.

"Well, I don't know, maybe she'll get another surrogate mom," she says with a laugh.

"Oh... well, in any case I should stay close by in case she offers," she comments without malice, but Arya feels a pang of jealousy.

She has not at all liked Cathy i