CHAPTER 15
I told Hattie that I was pregnant as soon as would be reasonably possible. She wanted to move me back in immediately. I hadn’t accounted for the fact that she would feel entitled to me again, now in a new way.
‘I’m fine, Hattie. I’m going to stay where I am. I like it here.’ She ignored me and clapped her hands together.
‘Oh my God, I can’t believe it, Penny. I am so happy. Thank you so much. I will be forever grateful, we both will be. I knew we’d get our own baby somehow. See?’ she shouted at Jameson, almost hysterical. ‘You both thought this was a crazy idea, but it worked! And it’s going to be so perfect.’ Jameson smiling kindly behind her. Embracing again, I breathed in the smell of her and my stomach turned. I was becoming accustomed to how certain deodorants and sham
