SADIE’S POVI sat across from Casey at a quiet little restaurant, the kind of place where no one looked twice at strangers sharing a table. The city wasn’t mine, and it wasn’t hers either—it was somewhere in between, neutral ground. That was the only reason I had agreed to meet.Two months. That was how far along I was now. My body carried the secret in silence; there was no outward sign yet, no curve of my stomach to give me away. I was grateful for that. For now, I could still pretend that I was just another woman having lunch with a friend.Casey leaned across the table, her eyes bright in a way that almost made me laugh. She had begged for this meeting, like a child tugging at a parent’s sleeve. “I’ll make sure no one follows me,” she’d promised, dramatic and half-joking, “top-tier spy mode.” And somehow, I had trusted her enough to believe it.“Sadie,” she said now, lowering her voice, “I have news. About Angelica.”The name froze the fork in my hand. My stomach tightened, not fr
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