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I think that what angers me where Rick is concerned is what he did to
her—cheating on her right after she gave birth to Charlotte when she was at her
most vulnerable. The thing is, if he hadn’t fucked up on an epic scale like he
had, she may still be married to him. So it’s bittersweet in a way.
    “Really, Bryce? You’re angry because Rick knows that I get
back spasms?” she asks with a roll of her eyes.
    Her blatant dismissal of my unease at being kept in the dark
angers me even more. “I’m pissed off because I don’t know about
them.”
    “Well, sorrrryyy,” she says, sardonically drawing out the
word. “I didn’t realise I needed to tell you absolutely everything. How about I
make you a list?” She places her hands on her hips. “Number one...” she
explains, raising her hands and pointing to her finger. “My feet have begun to
swell and look like little bloated piglets, see?” she kicks off her shoe,
sending it hurtling through the air and into the lounge. “Feel free to oink at
them, they may respond.”
    The notion that her feet can resemble piglets makes me want
to laugh, and I feel my anger toward her slipping away.
    “Two...” she points to another finger, clearly not finished
with her defensive tirade. “My nipples are dry and sore and starting to leak
colostrum. Would you like to hear more?” she asks, pausing only for a second.
“Good, ‘cause I’ll give you more,” she continues, not allowing me the option to
refuse. “I have the constant need to urinate. I feel like I could shit a brick.
I have heartburn from hell. And I am so hungry I could eat a horse.”
    Colostrum? What the fuck is colostrum? And why is it
leaking from her nipples?
    I don’t answer her for a minute as I try to process the list
she has just heatedly rattled off, a list I need to get onto. The fact she
could eat a horse stands out to me as the first problem I can solve. 
    My absent reply—I can only assume—frustrates her further as
she huffs and starts to turn away. “They are just back spasms, Bryce. I didn’t
think it was that important.”
    I soften my voice, feeling like an absolute piece of shit
for making her upset. “Hunny, everything to do with you and our baby is
important.”
    She stops, turns back around and sighs, exhaustion clearly
present. “Honestly, they come and go. They haven’t bothered me until recently.
I used to get them a lot when I was pregnant with Charli which is why Rick
caught onto it straight away. I’m not deliberately keeping my ailments from
you.”
    I take the remaining steps between us and place my hands on
her shoulders. “I want to know everything, EVERYTHING that is happening with
that body of yours. I can’t help if you don’t tell me what is going on.”
    Wrapping her hands around my waist, she closes the remaining
distance between us as she pulls herself to me, the gorgeous bulge in her belly
preventing our complete unity. “Okay, but you can’t help me shit a brick, or
stop me from constantly peeing.”
    “No, but I can dish you up a horse.”
    She laughs. “I know my cravings are crazy, but steed
sandwiches are definitely a no no.”
    “What’s colostrum?” I ask, my thoughts back to her nipples.
    She pulls away and smiles then lets out an adorable giggle.
“It’s pre-breast milk.”
    Pre-breast milk? I can’t help but look at her
breasts.
    Suddenly, I feel a slap and a push to my chest and she is no
longer in my arms.
    “I’m not going to drown you in it, you know,” Alexis
deadpans as she walks away.
    “What? I...I didn’t say that.”
    I quickly take off, capturing her and holding her back to my
front.
    “You didn’t have to,” she says in a sulky voice. “You looked
at my breasts as though they were ready to shoot at you like a fire hose.”
    I laugh out loud. “I did not. Although...”
    Feeling her struggle to free herself from my arms, I hold
her tighter, her freedom not even in the cards. “I’m kidding. No, seriously, I
just