I Let the Comments Coach My Timid Mom to the Top
[Oh no, oh no, the deadbeat's here, and now this woman's going to pull something!
[Hold it together! The smugger she is now, the harder she'll fall later! And honestly, who even knows whose kid that is!]
My stomach dropped, but Vivian had already made her move.
She glanced toward the door, took a step forward, then flinched as if something had startled her. Mom instinctively raised her arm.
That one motion.
Vivian let out a sharp cry, lurched to the side, right hand clamped over her belly, her face flipping from smug to terrified in a heartbeat.