Chapter 0309

Hannah

I stood there, frozen in shock as I stared at the tiny bundle in Lily’s arms. A baby. My sister had a baby. When? How? Why was this the first I was hearing of it? Why, when I asked if I heard a baby crying the other night, had she kept it from me?

“Surprise!” Lily exclaimed, her face beaming as she hurried up to me. “Hannah, meet your niece, Olivia.”

“I… what?” I stammered, unable to form a coherent thought as I stared down at the tiny face looking up at me. “When… When did this happen?”

Lily’s smile faltered slightly. “I sent you letters,” she explained. “I’m assuming you never got them.”

I shook my head, still trying to process the information. “No, I… I never received any letters.”

1 figured–as much,” Lily said. I guess they must have gotten lost in the mail.”

“But I heard the baby crying on the phone the other night,” I said. “Why did you lie?”

“I figured you didn’t know, so I decided to

I reached for the little bundle and pulled the fabric aside, revealing the scrunched up face of a newborn. My niece couldn’t have been more than a few

‘ghost pregnancy–my stomach stayed flat, and I even got my period throughout. But here she is,

weight of her, so small and warm, brought tears to my eyes. To think

beautiful, Lily,”


her, eyeing her ring finger. Noticing my gaze, she quickly said, “The father isn’t in

father; I supposed if my sister could do it, so could I. If anything, it just made me want

up to

the baby a little, “did you get any letters from

eyes. “No,

deception but found none. For once, I believed him. I

Lily said brightly, “the important thing is you’re both here now. How about we head inside?

Chapter 0309.

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