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21 — PREGNANCY DISCOVERY…

Author: Blaq
last update Last Updated: 2025-06-14 23:56:20

ASTRID

I didn’t even get the chance to recover from my shock because more people trooped into the house right after that.

Turns out, I have a large extended family. My mother was an only child, but my father had four brothers and a sister.

Coupled with their wives and kids, I’ve learned over twenty new names and hobbies in the past two hours.

The house is swamped with raised voices and the smell of delicious food.

It’s a bit overwhelming, but I cannot get over how happy and excited everyone was to see me. I received long hugs and reassuring words from every single one of them.

Uncle Moretti’s wife even cried.

They all smell like old money and generational wealth. The kind that never runs out.

Oh, and I have a famous uncle. Morris Machiavelli, the CEO of Morris Motors.

There are billboards of his luxurious car company all over New York City. I’m pretty sure the Montessori’s have mentioned him once or twice.

All my life, I’ve felt lonely and rejected and useless, but two hours in the
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