Chapter 46

Sally didn’t look too happy when we got there, maybe because she’d lost some money playing cards. Right in front of Jared, she started ranting angrily about her friends from poker.

Making sure I couldn’t see, Jared quickly reached out a bank card and slipped it into Sally’s hand.

Sally’s face immediately lit up. “Jared, Yvonne is sleeping upstairs. Go check on her.”

Jared looked at me and said, “Go bring Yvonne down. Then let’s get out of here.”

I rushed upstairs and found Yvonne lying in bed, breathing a bit heavily, and her face was red.

I placed my hand on her forehead and found she was burning up. I picked her up right away.

Still groggy, Yvonne called out “Mommy” a couple of times. Her little hands clutched tightly around my neck. “Mommy, I don’t feel good.”

me. As soon as he held her, he realized she

jumped up from the couch. “What? She’s sick? Oh my, I didn’t know. We need to

face darkened, and without saying another

rushed over and grabbed my arm. “Is Jared mad at me? Yvonne was running around all afternoon. I had no idea she was

I tried to comfort her, and

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hospital. It was pretty busy that night, and since we didn’t call ahead, we had to wait in line.

she started crying loudly, clinging to Jared, her face

he comforted her. “No, sweetheart, you’re

“But you

baby brother, don’t you?” Yvonne cried even harder. “I don’t want

I immediately said seriously, “Yvonne, don’t be so bossy. Whether we have another baby or not is up

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