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“How is married life with my brother treating you, Tasha?” Natalie asked while feeding Helena sitting on the counter.
I stirred the sauce and thought about my answer. How do I tell her that this marriage was not my choice yet I am starting to like it? How do I tell her that I am posing as a mother to a stranger’s child who I can’t think of being separated with?
How do I tell her that I might have started to have feelings for a man I used to despise? “Uhh... good better than I expected.” I said not looking at her.
“He is isn’t troubling you right?” I shook my head in denial making her smile. “I never thought I would see Nathan married.”
I looked at her surprised. What about Jeanette? Will he not marry the mother of his child? “Why so?”
“With all that happened with his past he had changed or rather he became his old self again so se
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