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I tried all week not to stress about the news that Annie had shared with me. I knew it wasn’t good for the baby for me to worry, but I couldn’t seem to get my mind off it. I was at home alone for the first time in a long while. Court was working the dinner shift, and Seth was hard at work on a boat. He seemed to go in phases with his craft, and he was currently in the midst of an über-productive spurt.
I had a whole Saturday evening to myself, with nothing to do. I donned my short, scruffy but comfy faded pink robe and tried to watch some television, but could only find reality shows and infomercials. Nothing caught my attention, so I wandered to Peanut’s room and sat down on the floor. The room was empty, except for our computer desk and an empty dresser that had been in my parents’
