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Xander
Current Day
Scotland, Barclay House
I can’t breathe. I need to leave. I need to get out.
The babies I’ve delivered have her eyes.
As soon as they opened them, I knew we’d never be able to say no to a single thing they ask us for.
Us.
Marcus, my best friend since childhood, pulls me in for a hug and tells me how much he loves me. He’s kissing us both—Evie and I—along with his newborn children, tears streaming down his face.
I smile back, pouring all of my love into it, but my eyes, my full focus, returns to his wife. To Evie, who has given him so much. Given us so much.
And I can’t breathe.
How can things change in the blink of an eye? How can I go from loving them to being in love?