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BABIES CHANGE THINGS
Mary tried to put the revelation to rest. She did her utmost to pretend it was irrelevant, that it couldn’t possibly be anything to do with Jake. She really tried, but she couldn’t quite manage it.
A few days later, she went to find Jake.
She walked through the East End on autopilot, so engrossed in her own thoughts that she was oblivious to the hustle and bustle surrounding her. I’m going to make sure he has nothing more to do with her, she thought.
Then she changed her mind. I’m going to make him cut that baby out of her.
She pondered the prospect of Liza begging for mercy. The idea made her smile. Made her feel slightly better. She toyed with the finer details of such a scenario. Her fantasies were cruel and vindictive but so was life. So were the streets s
