** Stella's POV**"We share a daughter," My mother says, reasonably, turning back to my father. "There are things to discuss. A co-parenting arrangement of sorts, now that Victor is in your life, Stella, it would make sense for us all to be on the same—"Co-parenting me? I scoff at her statement, as I shake my head in disbelief."I'm a grown woman." The words come out very flat. "I don't need co-parenting."My mother waves a hand in the way she waves away things that complicate her current intention. "That's not what I — Victor, you understand what I mean." She moves close enough that Alpha Peter, standing behind her, goes very still. Her voice drops. "We have history, you and I. Real history. And now that Stella has found you, it seems like perhaps the universe is trying to tell us—""Mom!""Susan!"Both my father and I exclaim at her stupid idea. She stops.He looks at her unkindly and he says:"You and I cannot happen. Not in any version of any conversation we could have today or
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