Twenty-Three
Don’t Be A Do Badder
Amber
“So what if I’m pregnant, it’s not yours,” I answer immediately, falling back on the hastily constructed plan I came up with as soon as I heard him behind me. I was trying to sneak out of yet another party I didn’t know he’d be at.
The entire surface of my body becomes cold and clammy, and I wonder if I’ve literally broken out into a cold sweat.
Stupid…stupid…stupid…why do all my stupidest moments in life involve him?
In the background, people are still cheering Zahir’s and Prin’s totally, totally unexpected reunion. But the applause dies down when the twins, take the mike, singing, “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You” in dedication to the new couple. A song by Frankie Valli, not Frank Sinatra. Wrong Jersey Frank. Luca once corrected me on that. It
