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I couldn't help but chuckle.

I wasn't sure what Gregory had said, but Edith suddenly snapped, "Who's drunk now? Fine, you'll come crawling back to me soon enough!"

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...She sure took to that role quickly.

I raised an eyebrow, "Future aunt? You really planning on remarrying Herbert just to move up a generation?"

"It's worth considering." Edith winked at me. "So, will you help me out?"

"With what?"

"Don't spill the beans about you and Bella to Gregory."

"Huh?"

"I've never seen Gregory lose his cool." Edith looked positively gleeful.

I laughed. "That's the favor?"

She nodded. "Yep. So, will you?"

"Sure." I readily agreed.

to Gregory among the younger Fords, aside from

backstory

anything, Gregory would find

a fondness usually reserved for

I sighed in resignation.

got into the SUV, Ivy took the

wasn't upset about your attitude

"No."

sorrow, "That kid, she doesn't hold grudges. Right when I came downstairs... she, she even called me "Mom"!" Ivy shared in her happiness, "That's great, that's great! When are you planning on doing

"We're not doing it."

was decisive, not hesitating at all. "Ivy, you might not believe me, but when she called me, it felt

I.ne

even Summer calling her before, none of it moved her like Jane's simple "Mom"

Content

full of doubts and speculations, insisting on

as if some instinct guided her, making

she had carried for ten months and given everything to bring into

the rational person she was, she still asked, "Are you sure about this?" "Aren't you

the incident where Summer falsely

this, Bella

that mother-daughter connection. And right now, what she needs most is unconditional maternal

lest

moment, "Let's leave it at that for now, and