Laura “Dear guests and couple,” Ava was saying as she took the floor in the middle of the reveal party. “Now the time has come when we will all find out the sex of our babies. Are you prepared for this?” She created suspense by making people respond in a chorus of excitement. Jason and I were hol
Laura But Jason couldn't take it; it seemed like he was more prone to crying than me. “Obviously,” he said through laughter. “I’ve never been so sure in my life that I want to spend the rest of my days by your side.” “So let's be crazy together until old age,” I said, slipping the ring on his ring
Laura I had a bitter taste in the roof of my mouth when I realized what the woman was talking about. It was about my mother; that woman had crucial information about my mother… I felt Jason's hand in mine, comforting me. “Who were you for her, if I may ask?” He asked a little suspiciously, trying
Laura I was looking at the scenery outside the car window as night fell over the city. Jason was driving the car, and his hand was in mine, giving me comfort as we followed the car in front of us, the Albert's car which he was with his mother. After the long afternoon of conversation, that woman
Laura The older woman was looking at me with her eyes glazed over, as if she were looking at someone she didn't even know; she even frowned a little in confusion, but it was really her—it was the woman in the picture from the family photo album of Aunt Julie; I could recognize her. “Mommy…” I app
Laura So, after regularizing the entire situation at the clinic, Jason and I took my mother to the car and then took her to the mansion. Her responsible psychiatrist explained to us what clinical situation she was in and what was necessary for a possible recovery, but with nothing guaranteed yet. H
Laura The next morning, it was Jason who woke me up, and I had to lie in bed for a while thinking about what had happened. The day before had been a show of revelations: we had revealed the sex of our babies, who would both be boys; I had asked Jason to marry me; and the icing on the cake had been
Laura Since the Pritchards' children were there at the mansion because of yesterday's gender reveal party, Annie was happily playing with them in the garden after having breakfast. I could see her from the balcony of the room where I was on the top floor of the mansion. My daughter was so happy tha