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As soon as my dad finished speaking, Mariah gave him a hard whack. “You can eat whatever you want, but you can’t just say anything.”

My dad instantly sobered up a bit, as if he suddenly remembered that the last time I introduced my boyfriend, his last name was Ryan.

He immediately looked embarrassed.

When I glanced at Nathan, he lowered his eyes, hiding a smile. He hadn’t been drinking, but his handsome face was flushed.

Yvonne was shoveling rice into her mouth, then scooted closer and asked, “Sally, what does ‘trying for a baby‘ mean?”

“It’s nothing. Eat up, have some more veggies,” Mariah said quickly, loading her bowl with extra vegetables.

Yvonne’s big dark eyes sparkled with curiosity–I could tell her little brain was already in overdrive again.

Nathan cleared his throat and said, “Sir, I’ll toast you with coffee instead of wine.”

“That’s very thoughtful of you, Mr. Hallman,” my dad said, clearly pleased.

After dinner, Mariah asked me to go out and pick up some things for the house, but I knew she just wanted to

have a chat.

door and we headed over to

with stalls everywhere selling every kind of kids‘ toy

and turned to me, her expression serious. “What’s going


since I knew I couldn’t lie to

“It hasn’t

two months,” I said, doing

right?” Mariah looked at me like she just couldn’t figure me out. “I still talk to

living his life, I’m living mine. Just because he’s not

to do the same.”

to be careful. If you’re going to date, find someone you can really build a future with, someone you could spend your life with.” Mariah was still pretty old–fashioned–she couldn’t really get behind women playing

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just pick someone out of a lineup,” I

Hallman home. Does that mean

head. “No, we’re just friends right

friends, you wouldn’t bring him all the way home to meet your parents,” Mariah said, her tone turning

and tried to explain, “I just wanted to show him around, it’s

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