Chapter 229
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Roslyn latched onto Evangeline’s arm and cheekily snuggled up to it.
“Out with it, what’s got you all changed up? Did that jerk Walter stir up some drama again?”
Roslyn figured if Evangeline hit the bar and skipped the booze, it had to be something monumental, something beyond her wildest guesses.
“Does having a kid count?”
If getting knocked up was the kind of drama in question, then yes, Walter had definitely stirred up something.
“What did you just say?” Roslyn shot up like she had been zapped, her eyes as wide as saucers, fixed on Evangeline’s still–not–showing belly.
“Aren’t you and Walter headed for divorce? And now there’s a baby on the way?”
Could they actually be patching things up?
Yikes. She had just called Walter a total jerk. She hoped Evangeline was not too mad.
“You know, my grandfather has been really sick…” Evangeline’s voice was tinged with resignation.
Cole’s health was on the rocks, and no one knew how much time he had left. As his only granddaughter, she felt it was her duty to grant his last wish and carry on the family name.
Walter? Well, they were still married, technically. She could not let her child be one without a father. Plus, she had to admit, a part of her wanted to have a baby with the man she once adored.
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‘But you can’t just have a baby with him!”
Roslyn had seen enough drama in her own family to last a lifetime.
“Don’t you get it? A kid is everything to a mom. Walter is already a nightmare
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to you. What about later, when you’re older and not as, you know, fresh? Are you going to stick it out with Walter just for the kid’s sake?”
“So what? Grandpa’s time is running short, and the least I can do is fill his final days with joy.”
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