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His large hand slaps Colt's shoulder. "Okay, new topic. We were gonna ask Lex, but maybe you can help us out."

"Of course."

"Wanna do a gender reveal for us?"

"Smoke and a burnout?"

"What else would we do?" he asks and laughs.

Colt nods and smiles. "I can totally do that. I'll get Mom to help with the other party shit, but I got the reveal part on lockdown."

"Thanks."

Chapter Twenty-One

Griffin's Beach

Felicity

"Mom,whyisGavinwith us?" Gracie asks as they sit in the waiting room for her doctor's appointment.

The look on Gavin's face tells Felicity he has the same question, but she didn't give him an option. He was coming with, or he was coming with. That was it.

"This is totally weird," Gavin says and looks around. "I'm here at a baby appointment with my sister and mom. And my sister's the one pregnant, not my mom."

Felicity just glares at him. "I want you to understand what you're doing."

"How can I understand what I'm doing when I don't fucking know why I'm here?"

"You know what I'm talking about."

Shaking his head, he sighs and sinks into the seat. "No, I really don't."

"You're having sex."

"And you're not. So? I've had sex with four women now, and none of them have ended up pregnant. I know what I'm doing, Mom. Besides, Hailey's on birth control, so we're doubly covered."

Gracie's jaw drops. "You're sleeping with Hailey?"

"We're together, and that's what people who are together tend to do. Usually."

"And this is just to remind you the next time you think putting on a condom is too much effort, or that her birth control alone is sufficient, it's not," Felicity says.

"I've never gone bare, and I never will. Not until I'm ready to have a baby. I'm not an idiot, Mom."

He flinches the moment he says it because Gracie turns and looks at the wall. As much as she wants to say something to comfort her daughter, she also needs her to understand how stupid Felicity thinks she was for not taking precautions. That's how Felicity and Ky ended up with Gavin, and she thought they'd broken the cycle.

"Gracie Short?" a nurse calls.

All three stand up, and she looks surprised but says nothing as she leads them into the exam room. She takes Gracie's vitals and tells them doctor will be just a minute.

"Does he really need to be in here for this?" Gracie asks.

"I agree with her."

"Gavin, you're not leaving. You're staying, and you're both going to understand that your actions have consequences."

Rolling her eyes, Gracie lays back on the exam table. "I think I'm very aware these actions have consequences. And Gavin's proof of said consequences."

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