Straightening her hair, Matilda said, “I have to admit that I’m getting old now. I really am, and I’m about to become a grandma soon.” Then, she turned into the living room. After a moment of thought, John trod after her.
John had nothing planned for the day. When the ladies had eaten, they stood in the garden and Matilda came up with the idea to go shopping. She really wanted to visit the maternity store to stock up on some baby items.
“Isn’t it still early?” John exclaimed in surprise as he glanced at Sophia’s belly, which was still so flat that he couldn’t tell she was carrying a baby at all.
Matilda cast an annoyed look at him. “It’s not early at all. When the first trimester has passed, her belly will grow very quickly and she won’t fit into her current clothes anymore. It will be handy to buy some maternity clothing now.” Turning to Sophia, she asked, “What do you think?”
Sophia’s eyes were fixed on Matilda. Their relationship for the past few days had turned for the better. As a simple-minded woman, Matilda was merely spoiled by William before this. Now, she was a little more sensible and clearly much nicer toward her.
On Sophia’s side, she was not a calculative person and it seemed like there wasn’t such a huge ridge standing in between them that they couldn’t overcome. Hence, she set aside their past conflicts and nodded after just one glance at her. “You’re right.”
Smiling, Matilda spun her head to face John. “Get ready and let’s go now.”
He stole a glance at Sophia and replied helplessly, “Okay.”
At home, Sophia actually had quite a lot of clothes, and she didn’t go out that often now, so there was no need to get any more new clothes. However, she was thinking about Robin, who was managing the shop by herself now, and she wanted to drop by the shop later. Well, I’ll buy her some clothes now and bring them straight to her at the shop, she thought.
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