THIRTY SIX

"Lily, are you sure you want to get through this?"

I hissed, placing the heated pot of masala on the counter, and waved my hand to cool the heat off. "Yes, I'm sure, Effie. I realized he needed to know; otherwise, I would regret it once I moved in with Birdie."

Effie had a large tablecloth from the storage closet of my house. Clark and Sam are grabbing the portable table to put in the back.

"I know. But you first decided not to tell him, but after returning from the cruise, you changed your mind. You guys had called it quits."

"We didn't call it quits; we simply became friends."

"But it isn't weird that you're telling a friend he's the father of your child."

"Effie, why are you such a mom about Lily and Liam's relationship status?" Clark popped up, holding the table under his arm. "Let the poor girl have her dinner date with her dream guy."

"Just the other day, you were going crazy once I told you about it, and you're backing her up?"

I turned off the stove and checked the chicken I h