Page 113 of Forever

“You’re probably right.” She exhaled slowly. “Thanks, Brooklyn. Wouldn’t it be amazing timing if I got pregnant soon too?”

I smiled. “The best timing.” That would be wonderful. That was my dream back in high school. For all the Untouchables to have kids that grew up together, just the waythey did. Except no one’s parents would be like Mr. and Mrs. Hunter.

“I always felt a little behind since Penny and Daphne each have two kids. But maybe I was just meant to have kids at the same time as my new sister.”

I started blinking fast. “Bee.”

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to make you cry.”

“You’re fine,” I said. “Pregnancy hormones, I swear.”

“For a second, I thought you were horrified by the thought.” She laughed.

“Not at all. I would love that. I’m so excited for the two of you. Fingers crossed.”

Bee nodded. “Fingers crossed.”

Kennedy handed Bee a glass.

“Thanks,” she said and didn’t take a sip.

“I feel like we should be drinking out of penis glasses or something,” Daphne said.

“Ah,” Kennedy said. “Penis glasses probably would have been better than balloons.”

“Did someone say penis glasses?” Justin asked as he walked into the house without knocking.

He must have picked that up from Nigel.

“Because I have all the penis things, honeys.” He lifted the box in his arms. “It’s not a party without that D.”

I laughed as Kennedy pulled out a giant foam penis.

“Pin the splooge on the tip,” Justin said.

“Oh, of course.” Kennedy nodded and picked up a foam picture of what looked like the squirt emoji. “We need to hang this up.”

“Is there a clock somewhere?” Penny asked while Kennedy and Justin looked around for a perfect place to hang the foam penis. Did she want to hang it over a clock for some reason?

“Um…yeah.” I pointed to the display on the oven. “Why?”

She stared at it for a moment. “No reason.” But she was smiling ear to ear.

“What’s going on with you?” I asked.

“Nothing, what’s going on with you?” she said way too defensively and took a huge sip of champagne.

I shook my head. “You know something, don’t you?”

“Me? No. Never.”

I laughed. “You totally do. Tell me what the guys are doing tonight. I’m dying here.”

“Drinking too much, probably,” she said. “Actually, maybe I should call James. Just to check in.” But she didn’t look nervous at all. It seemed like she was acting. She made a big show of pulling out her phone and calling him.

It probably would have worked, but I knew how happy James was with her. He wasn’t drowning like he had been in high school. He wouldn’t be drinking too much tonight. He would never risk his life with Penny and his family.

Penny shook her head and laughed. “Mhm,” she said into the phone. “Sure you are.” She pointed at her phone and rolled her eyes. “Men,” she mouthed silently.

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