Lea blinked at Lorelle, who was probably a couple of years younger than Lea herself, but like all new mothers, hadn’t slept in months, and so looked a decade older; it seemed weird that she was acting so —
“See, even before, when Freddy and I moved in, okay? Those two men of yours, I mean, gawdamn! A woman’d have to be, like, a statue or something not to…”
gawdamn!Lea blinked some more.
Lorelle closed her eyes and took a deep breath. The baby shifted on her shoulder. “See… Even… When Nola here was, you know, conceived, I may have been in bed with my husband, who I love and all, but I was thinking about what it would be like to be in bed with those two boys of yours. Okay?” Lorelle’s eyes flew open. “And this was before you moved in or anything, okay? This was last year and all, so…”
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