Mated in the Shadow of My Sister
“Sheila’s pup is not the heir. My… my cousin Mary Beth is carrying James’ pup too. Mary Beth is already showing, so I think she is further along than Sheila, which would make her pup his heir.”
Suddenly, you could hear a pin drop in the suite.
“WHAT?!?!” my mother exclaimed after a few seconds. “James... James, is this true?”
I gave a dirty look to Joey, and then took a moment to collect my thoughts.
“Well, mother, I will put it this way: The likelihood that Mary Beth is carrying my heir is the same, if not greater, than the chance that Sheila is.”
My mother sank down on a chair, trying to catch her breath as she began to have a panic attack. My father immediately went over to her and b