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snorted, embarrassed to have been caught
daydreaming yet again, even after all this time together. “Sorry, I
was just thinking. You know, I’m well into my second trimester now.
I think it’s safe to tell everyone about the baby. My parents and
sister. Maybe Nick. I don’t think they’ve noticed. I haven’t gained
much weight, and I’ve been wearing a lot of loose clothing.”
    He dropped the load of books in his arms and walked
up to me. “You must be relieved. I know you were worried,
especially about your meds. And all for nothing. See? Told you so.”
He spooned me from behind and nuzzled my neck. His arms snaked
around my waist, his hands splaying over the bump in my belly. Then
he rocked me from side to side as he whispered in my ear. “So how
long will it be, until I can feel her moving inside you?”
    I spun around in his arms and pulled back. “Her?
What makes you think it’s a girl?”
    He shrugged. “I don’t know. Wishful thinking, I
guess. I keep picturing a little girl with long, dark curls and
eyes that melt my heart. Man, will I be in trouble with two of
you.”
    I couldn’t help but smile, but then I shook my head
and ran my fingers along his brow. “Well, I think it’s going to be
a boy with eyes the color of a summer sky. Just like his daddy.” I
pressed my lips to his and curled my arms around his waist.
    He pulled me in tight and returned the kiss. I felt
a slight flutter deep within me, as I often had over the last week
or two, but then suddenly, I reared back with a gasp as a firm kick
poked me from inside.
    “Oh my God! Did you feel that?” I asked.
    “Feel what?”
    I grabbed his hand and pressed it to my belly. After
a moment, another jab startled us both. He gasped this time, his
eyes round and wide.
    “I felt that ,” he exclaimed with a huge grin.
“Wow! That’s...amazing. Thank you.” He leaned in and kissed me
again. “I love you. You know that, right?” He cupped my face and
pulled my forehead to his lips. “You’re the best thing that ever
happened to me. Ever. I couldn’t live without you.” He smoothed his
palm over my belly. “Either of you.”
    We stood there smiling at each other like idiot
teenagers, a quiet moment of deep bonding, but it was interrupted
by his cell phone’s God Save the Queen ringtone. He pulled
it from his front pants pocket and checked to see who was
calling.
    “Ah, it’s David Sharp. Let’s hope he has good news.
Escrow should be closing any day.” Excitement danced across Ty’s
face as he drifted away and received the call from our mortgage
broker. But his smile, so enthusiastic when he first answered,
faded away quickly. His mouth drooped open and his brow knitted in
concern.
    “What? You’re sure? And there’s nothing we can do?”
he asked David after a long silence. He stood and listened for a
moment longer then his shoulders sagged as he dragged a hand over
his face. “Right. I understand. Well, I guess we’ll try again in a
few months then.” He paused again and looked me in the eye. “Right.
Okay, we’ll talk to you then. Yeah, thanks David.” He ended the
call with a sigh and a shake of his head.
    “What’s wrong?” I asked as a nervous flutter rolled
through my stomach.
    “David said the bank ran a final credit check on us
yesterday. He said it’s routine just before escrow closes, to make
sure we haven’t run up any undisclosed debt.”
    “Yeah, so. Why would that be a problem? We don’t
have any large balances.”
    “Well…it seems we do. Or at least you do.”
    “What? No way! I only have the one credit card and I
only used it once up in Napa right before we got married. That
charge was for less than a hundred bucks, and I’ve already paid it
off. There is no balance.”
    “Not according to your report. Apparently, there’s
an $18,000 balance as of two weeks ago.”
    “ $18,000!”
    The flutter in my stomach rolled higher as bile rose
up into my throat. Thundering down the short hall, I raced