As she walked to the living room; with her smoothie in hand, she dialled Ella's number. She had last seen her just a few days ago, but she already felt like it had been ages. "Cousin," Ella answered on the first ring. "Hey!" Everly said, before asking. "How was the presentation?" "I got to do it yesterday, and it was explosive." Ella responded excitedly. "Minds were officially blown!" "I'm so happy to hear that," Everly said before breaking the Marianne pregnancy news. "I'm actually calling to let you know that our suspicions were right." "About the world ending next week?" Ella joked. Everly believed that Ella being her usual sunshine self, was proof enough that things were still going well with her love life. Or at least, she wasn't stressing over something. During their break,she

