Page 144 of Let Me Show You

The next thing they remove is a tin.

“Cinnabuns!” Gemma takes a bite. “Ohmagawd, these are so good,” she says around a mouthful.

“And cookies!” Everleigh grabs the next thing. “Y’all tryin’ to fatten me up or what?”

“Oh, what cute pink and blue hearts. Did Mrs. Wright make these?” Everleigh asks.

“No, Mom and I did,” Owen says, and seeing his face light up brings me hope that he’s just as excited as we are. “They’re sugar cookies.”

“Mmm…delicious,” Gemma says, shoving half of one into her mouth.

“Are you gonna share with me?” Tyler chuckles.

Gemma glares. “I’m already sharing with your child so—” She stops mid-sentence and looks at Katie. “Wait. Baby powder candle, cinnabuns, and pink and blue cookies…”

“Are you pregnant?” Everleigh shouts.

On cue, Owen stands and removes his zip-up hoodie. Underneath is the T-shirt Katie and he made.

Only Child Expiring Soon

“Oh my God, no way!” Gemma jumps out of her chair.

Owen spins around so they can read the back of his shirt.

“Reid Twins coming November,” Everleigh continues as her voice goes an octave higher.

“TWINS? Shut the front door!” Gemma rushes over at the same time as Everleigh, and they lose their minds.

Soon, the three of them are teary-eyed and squeezing the hell out of Katie.

“Be careful, my babies are in there,” I tease.

“Congrats, man,” Tyler says.

“Thank you.”

“You too, Owen. Are you excited?”

Owen shrugs. “Yeah, I guess. It’s probably gonna smell bad in here, though.”

We all laugh.

“I totally called it,” Everleigh says moments later.

“Called what?”

“That you’d be knocked up in no time. The way you two…” She quickly stops herself, remembering Owen is in the room. “Anyway…congrats. I couldn’t be happier for y’all.”

“We get to be pregnant together!” Gemma beams. “How far along are you?”

“Just turned thirteen weeks today.”

“You’re three months?” Everleigh shouts. “You hid this for that long?”

“We wanted to wait until we had our scan and knew they were healthy. Plus, we needed some time to process it ourselves,” I explain.

“We only found out a month ago after the incident when I was already nine weeks,” Katie adds.