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•••••••••• Amara •••••••••• I open my eyes to the glow of my phone’s screen and I carefully slip out of bed to not wake Clio and head to the bathroom to answer. It’s Christos. We greet each other good morning and he asks how we slept. I tell him we tried before turning the question back to him, but I freeze at his next words. He tells me he just heard from Valerio that Athena is pregnant with a girl and my eyes widen before tears well up in them. I’m speechless for a moment, causing Christos to call my name, not sure if I’m still on the line. I’m too devastated to speak. I know I should be relieved that it’s a girl, but I somehow convinced myself that it wouldn’t happen—that she wouldn’t fall pregnant. Eventually, I find my voice and I tell Christos I’m going to stay with Clio until