Housewife Gone Wild

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.”

came down the stairs, Jared came over and took Yvonne from me. As soon as he held her, he realized she had a fever. He turned to

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

darkened, and without saying another word, he

mad at me? Yvonne was running around all afternoon. I

I tried to comfort her, and we

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night, and since we didn’t call ahead, we had to wait

her face pale.

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

“But you

even harder. “I don’t want a baby brother. I just want you and

Whether we have another baby or not is up to your dad

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