~Katia~The room settled into a heavy quiet after Grandma Celeste finished telling us everything about Elliot, everyone processing in their own way, Gail's jaw still tight, her hands folded in her lap in a way that told me she was holding herself together more carefully than she wanted any of us to notice.I felt Julian's hand find mine on the sofa, giving it a small squeeze that I understood immediately as a question. I looked at him, and something passed between us, an agreement reached without either of us saying a word out loud."There is one more thing," Julian said.Gail looked up, wary, clearly bracing for another piece of difficult news after everything she had just absorbed about an uncle she had never known existed."Nothing bad," I said quickly, before the tension in the room could tighten further. "Actually the opposite."Julian looked at me, and I nodded, giving him the go-ahead."Katia is pregnant," Julian said.The shift in the room was immediate, Grandma Celeste's hand
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