Liz stared at Damien like he had spoken in another language. Or maybe she was imagining things, because there was no way those words just came out of his mouth.The words replayed in her head, over and over again, each repetition slower than the last, as though her mind were deliberately dragging them out in some attempt to make sense of them. Still, it made no sense to her. She couldn’t grasp it. So she assumed it was all a joke.‘A son’Her lips parted, but no sound came out. For a moment, she wondered if she’d misheard him—if this was one of his strange attempts at making a joke, maybe to lighten the mood. Damien sat across from her, monotone as ever, his posture relaxed, his expression unreadable.Liz couldn’t help laughing.It burst out of her suddenly, sharp and breathless, echoing far too loudly in the dining room. Liz brought a hand up to her mouth, her shoulders shaking as she laughed harder, tears pricking at the corners of her eyes.“That’s… wow,” she said between laughs. “
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