Pride, Prejudice, and Cheese Grits (Austen Takes the South) by Mary Jane Hathaway

Author:Mary Jane Hathaway [Hathaway, Mary Jane]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2012-12-31T22:00:00+00:00

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Munoz/ PRIDE, PREJUDICE, AND SECOND CHANCES

Shelby laid her fork on her plate and stared, the bass beat of the techno music matched the angry pulse in her head. “Why I never had children? I’m not dead, I’m not even past thirty.”

“Well, there’s no need to be so angry about it,” Tasha sniffed, rearranging her spinach leaves. “There are plenty of other options for people in your situation. Like adoption. I have a very good friend who adopted the sweetest little girl. She’s got blond hair and everything. There are white babies out there, you know. They just cost more.”

Shelby felt like dropping her head on the table in despair. It didn’t help that Ransom seemed to find the conversation highly amusing. “I never said...”

“But why do you think having a baby is so bad? What if you get married and your husband wants one and you don’t?” Tasha looked down her pert nose, gleefully triumphant.

Shelby shook her head in defeat. Carl nervously tried to pass her the bread but she waved the basket away. “First of all, I love babies. Because I don’t have one doesn’t mean I don’t like them. Secondly, the conversation about whether or not to have children would come up somewhere in the dating process. It would ludicrous to be married and suddenly realize you’d never talked about it.”

“Well, sure, people talk about it but they may not really mean it. You know, dating is when you don’t want to look high maintenance.” Tasha watched a middle aged woman totter by their table, a tiny handbag on her arm.

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