My smile returns as I reach for the remote and turn down the volume of the TV. "He's still in New York. But he's good."Grandma reaches for my left hand and shakes her head. "I thought the next time I saw you, there'd be a ring...""Stop, please.""Honey, you know we just want you to be happy," Mom says.I let out a long breath. "I am. Duncan wants me to move in with him.""Do it!" Grandma says as Mom's lips purse. Grandma turns to my mother. "Oh, Judy, that's the way kids do it nowadays. It's not getting the milk for free—it's sampling. And even though I'm hard of hearing and my room was two doors down, I can tell you, I think he's sampled, and if he's asking Kimberly Ann to move in, he likes it."Heat fills my cheeks. "Grandma!""That man loves you. It was all over his face."Maybe it is the lack of sleep, or maybe the truthful way Duncan approaches every subject, but I can't go on lying to my family. "There's something you should know.""You're pregnant," Mom says excitedly."No. D
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