CHAPTER NINE
The next evening, Emily was extremely excited as she readied herself to go and see Chantelle’s play. Like the rest of her grade, the girl had stayed behind after school for the dress rehearsal, and now the time had arrived for the parents to head over to the school and take their seats in the hall.
As she slicked on some lipstick in the mirror, Emily spoke to her bump. “No surprises tonight, please. This is Chantelle’s big day.”
Imagine if the baby decided to arrive today, right in the middle of Chantelle’s solo!
“You’re five days overdue, what’s another going to matter?”
Emily laughed then, realizing she was trying to reason with her unborn child. She stood back from the vanity table and observed herself in the floor length mirror beside it. In the figure-hugging dress s
