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Edwin cleared his throat. Both Aunt and Cloe looked up to him.
He started with, “Here’s the thing,” and then continued, “I want to marry Cloe right away. I don’t want Cloe’s reputation to be besmirched in anyway.”
Aunt’s eyes got teary and she said, “So soon?”
He looked at her and said, “If you would allow it, I think it’s best. Cloe and I were going to get married anyway. In fact I was planning on taking her to Las Vegas for her birthday. I was going to inform you beforehand, but this kind of revealed my hand a little sooner.”
Cloe looked up at Edwin and shook her head. She really should take him in to hand and soon. He is a mess.
Aunt was looking down at her hands. It reminded her of herself. When Aunt looked up she said, “I’m going to be a great aunt. I can’t believe it.”
Cloe shook her head and Edwin looked at her oddly.
“No Aunt, you are so much more than an aunt. You are the only mother I’ve ever had. You’re going to be a grandmother.”
Epilogue She was the size of a house. She could barely move. This was crazy, how is one to do anything if one had a beach ball growing out of the front of you? She sighed. It will take her 10 minutes to get up and use the bathroom and by the time she get situated again, she would have to do it all over again.
Edwin and Cloe had married on her 18th birthday in Las Vegas. Her aunt came along crying the whole way. She yelled at Edwin saying that it was all his fault. That if he hadn’t come she would still have Cloe. Edwin made up for it though. He purchased the beach house next door to Aunt. She didn’t want to know how much money that cost.
We should have just moved in with Aunt because She was at her house so much anyway. Edwin’s movie career was starting to take off and of course the press was having a field day about her pregnancy and quick marriage. If they would do the math they would realize that she got engaged way before she could have possibly known she was pregnant but she guess that doesn’t make interesting news.
Kim visited her every single day. Her and Cole had broken up for a couple of weeks but are back together strong. Cole was looking into the same college Kim is attending. She wasn’t going to give up on her college dream so she checked into online education until she was able to attend day classes at the local university.
She started her 10-minute journey to the bathroom when a sharp pain that took her breath away. Oh that was not pleasant at all. That’s when she noticed that she was wet. She wobbled to her aunt who immediately went into hyper mode. By the time they got down the steps and into the car, the pains were really hurting. On the road, she called Edwin. There was a loud crash, him yelling at someone, and a bunch of rustling. Cloe finally hung up.
By the time She got to the hospital everyone was there which was bazaar. How’d they beat her? She didn’t ponder the question long because the pain was coming faster. Edwin was crazy. His hair was going every direction and even Christoph, normally smiles and ready to tell a joke looked a little unhinged. She patted Edwin’s hand and told him that everything was going to be okay. Not too much later and a lot of yelling at Edwin that she was cutting off his offending appendage that got her into this trouble, a baby boy born. Corbin Christoph McRoy. 8lbs 5oz. He looked like his daddy and the broken girl who once had nobody once but now was whole.