Liora POV Days later, the household settles into an uneasy sort of quiet. everyone still privately processing Corin’s unexpected visit in their own separate ways. I haven’t told a single soul yet about the pregnancy test sitting unopened in the very back of my bathroom drawer.At breakfast one morning, Selene watches me quietly push scrambled eggs around her plate without actually eating a single bite of it. “You’ve eaten like an anxious little bird allweek now, Liora. Are you actually feeling alright.”As if trying to read my expression.“honestly, or is something else going onwith you?” I shrugs, deflecting the concern easily enough for now. “Just stress, mostly.”“This particular family doesn’t exactly ever run out of that lately, does it.” Selene laughs softly at that, shaking her head. “No, it really doesn’t, does it. Fair point, I suppose, given everything.”That same night, alone in my private bathroom, i finally sits down on the cold tile floor to take the. the ex
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