The Way You Love Me--Includes a bonus novella by Miranda Liasson

Author:Miranda Liasson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2019-01-29T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Thanks for coming over to help me pick out my date outfit before your ER shift,” Gabby said to Sara, who was stretched out on her bed in the carriage house. It was noon on Saturday, an hour before Gabby’s lunch date with Pastor Owen. She stood examining herself in the full-length cheval mirror next to her closet while Sara struggled not to fall asleep. Gabby needed her to be awake and critiquing her clothes. Thanks to expensive product, Gabby’s hair was (semi)tamed, and right now she wore a pale pink lacy dress with a high neck—modest, of course, with the hem hitting her knee.

Her date was the nice, kind minister whom everyone loved, she reminded herself, and who wanted to settle down with an equally nice, kind person.

“Nice” and “kind” were important traits, but Gabby also wanted to find a soul mate. A honey. Someone to have kids with before it was too late. There was no use pretending that wasn’t what she wanted.

Sara supervised her getting ready by lying back on her bed and closing her eyes. Gabby knew from past experience that when Sara assumed that posture, she’d be asleep in another minute. “I feel so lazy today,” Sara said. “I must’ve caught a bug from one of my patients.”

“You look terrible,” Gabby said. “You okay?”

“I sort of…lost my lunch.”

Oh my God. “Sara, are you…”

“No. I don’t know. I mean, I haven’t checked.”

“Let me run and get you a pregnancy test.”

Sara covered her eyes with her arm. “I’m afraid.”

Gabby walked over and sat on the bed next to her sister, resting a hand on her arm. “Of what Colton will say? He strikes me as the kind of person who would be ecstatically thrilled at that kind of news.”

“It’s not that. It’s just…”

“Let me get you something to drink and a cold cloth for your head.”

“Thanks, but I’m okay. It’s just…well, we’ve only been married eight months, and marriage is an adjustment.”

“Are you saying things aren’t going well? Because the way you two look at each other makes me think everything is just fine.”

“Everything is fine. We want kids, and I’m thirty-two so it’s time to get started. It’s just…life changing, you know?”

Gabby wrapped her arms around her sister and hugged her tight. “It’s okay to be scared,” she said, her voice cracking a little. She knew that both of them were thinking the exact same thing. Ever since their mom died, they’d given each other hugs, but when it was really important, they squeezed extra hard—as if their mom were there too. “You’re going to make the best mom. It’s going to be wonderful,” Gabby said, her eyes filling up as she digested this news. Holy Estrogen.

Sara smiled. “Thanks, Gabs. Is that your first outfit?”

Gabby stood where Sara could see her. “What do you think?”

Sara cracked open an eye. “Too…virginal,” she said.

Gabby clapped her hands and pointed at Sara. “That’s exactly the look I’m going for,” she said.

“No use pretending,” Sara said with her eyes closed, but she displayed a half grin.

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