Everett paused for a moment, choosing his words carefully, "I want to make sure we go through all the traditional ceremonies that we missed, you know, like the whole 'engage the matchmaker and exchange dowries' kind of thing. I mean, we gotta do this by the book, right?" Dorothy, without thinking, blurted out, "But what about the ceremonies we can't make up for? Like, you know, Abigail and Langston's christening party-"

As soon as the words left her mouth, she realized she had stepped into a minefield.

But what's said is said, and there's no taking it back...

Looking up, Dorothy indeed caught a fleeting look of pain in Everett's eyes.

She really just wanted to make a point about how life is full of missed opportunities and ceremonies aren't everything, but... but that was definitely the wrong thing to say!

"Everett... I'm sorry."

"Hmm?" He managed to compose himself before turning to her, pretending as if nothing was wrong.

Seeing the apology in Dorothy's eyes, it was Everett who ended up comforting her.

"You haven't done anything wrong; you don't need to feel guilty. I'm the one who should be sorry for not being there for our kids from the start. How come you're apologizing to me?"

"Not being there to watch the kids grow up from the beginning... it bothers you a lot, doesn't it?"

can I? I am bothered, but

you're about to

kids into the world was enough to scare

"But before—"

had clearly expressed

isn't

Alright then.

seems she doesn't have a

to Everett, her only hope is to turn to Karen, the unreliable

did some research, and the chances of poking holes in condoms aren't great, so I added a

...

thought, Karen

blackout drunk, just the right amount of buzzed where he

mysteriously pulled out several

slightly, "This... did you poke holes

previous ones hadn't been used;

is where it gets genius. These look like regular condoms, but guess what? They

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