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“It was you who texted me, wasn’t it?” she said and the words left her mouth in a type of revelation as if she knew all along, or at the very least had an inkling. That had nothing to do with what was unraveling right now, but I answered anyway.
I turned to face her, eyebrows raised in defiance. “It was.”
“So the texts, they never existed?”
I smiled, swiping the tip of my thumb across my bottom lip. “Who says I don’t exist?”
Her eyes snapped to mine, and all of the softness that she was known for vanished. Flames blazed in her eyes when her shoulders straightened. “Why?”
I folded my arms in front of myself and we both turned to watch as Veronica’s face turned bright purple.
“Yes! Push! Again! Again!” the doctor yelled, anticipation driving his tone.
I decided I’d rather watch Saint’s confusion, or what I was hoping was disbelief. “Why am I here watching this?”
“I wish I could help.”
Pause.
“Congratulations, Mrs. Vitiosis, your baby is a girl.”