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.”

Yvonne from me. As soon as he held her, he realized she had a fever. He turned to

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

darkened, and without saying

mad at me? Yvonne

chill.” I tried to comfort her, and we

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hospital. It was pretty busy that night, and since we didn’t call ahead, we had to wait in line. Luckily, the line moved quickly, and after about ten

waited, Yvonne suddenly threw up. She was so scared, she started crying loudly, clinging to Jared, her face pale. “Daddy, am

“No, sweetheart, you’re not going

“But you

a baby brother, don’t you?” Yvonne cried even harder. “I don’t want a baby brother. I just want you and Mommy to love me, just

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

want him to take your love.” Yvonne, likely feverish and confused, blurted out everything in her mind, not caring what we adults

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