Jeri felt the shift in her and Sawyer’s relationship, but she couldn’t pinpoint when it had happened. Maybe at the carnival when she’d told him she didn’t want kids. But no, she shook her head as she fitted the ceiling tiles into place. It was before that.
A couple of weeks had passed since that chili-line conversation, and yet she thought about it every day. At church on Sunday, children had consumed her thoughts, and she’d asked God if she should want to be a mother.
Growing up, it had been something she’d wanted. She’d been determined to show her family that each member was important, not just the ones that came along at the right time. And yet, she’d walked away from Randy when her ex-husband had asked her to.
She was worse than her parents.
So no, she didn’t want more kids.
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