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The time has come
Coming up on the end of her eighth month, Marie was beginning to feel like she was never going to have the baby. Big as a house, wincing all the time from the kicks, she was smiling as broad as was possible as she helped the kids with their after school homework ( Read more... ) -
The time grows nigh [Cain]
The children were asleep, the music was on softly and Marie was working to decorate the house. While as big as a house. Christmas carols played, lights twinkled on the floor and she was singing along, looking rosey cheeked and pregnant and very, very happy. -
I swear to God
I'm not going to have this baby, I'm just going to get rounder and rounder until I pop!
But I can feel her kick and the doctor says she's healthy, despite the panic over my due date and size. -
Because the day is bright and she's not thrown up in a week
They were weeds to many, desert paintbrush and other flowers that bloomed naturally in the desert and yet Marie had taken a lot of time arranging them. The ingrediants for dinner, ramen and raviolis, sat on the counter by the flowers ( Read more... ) -
A message left
The machine either holds this message or Cain takes the call. Either way, the message is simple. A request for Cain Marko regarding one Marie D'Ancanto with a request from her for him to please come to the area emergency room as soon as possible. -
Once more with feeling
She was finally starting to adapt to life without caffeine. It hadn't been easy, or fun, but it was no longer to the point that she spent mornings dragging for hours until she could function, or her nights in a haze trying to stay awake just a few more minutes ( Read more... ) -
A note left [Cain]
Cain,
Can we talk? I'll be at our place.
Love,
Marie
Grabbing a bottle of water and being sure the kids were tucked in, she slipped out to the deck, curling up on the sun warmed wood and waited.