Pregnant For My Father-in-Law
I snorted, biting my lip to hold the laugh as doors swung open ahead.
“And,” she muttered in Italian, “la famiglia Ricci.(The Ricci family. ) The wife slept with her husband’s cousin, the daughter sells pills at university, and the son cries when he loses at cards.”
I almost laughed. “Inara.”
“What? Facts are facts.”
Her wild sarcasm hit perfect, funny, vicious, and turning the heavy air light. For those minutes, the nausea faded. The fear in my belly quieted. Inara made the whole fucked-up day feel like a bad comedy instead of a trap.