“By the time I got to the scene, I grabbed LouLou, not sure why she was chasing Belle to begin with, and at that point, I still had no idea why Bailey was getting sick. I just saw that LouLou had something in her mouth…”
“Oh no,” Tammy said.
Shannon gagged. “So, of course, I opened her mouth and reached in to grab whatever it was—and got a handful of poop.”
Cara let go of Shannon’s hand and scrambled away, holding up her own hand. “Who has sanitizer? Now!”
“Oh, I do! I do!” Landy said, dumping out the contents of her purse. “Got it!”
Cara grabbed it and started to douse her hands.
“Thank goodness you made Erin leave,” Rose stated as she fought to hold back laughter. All Patty could do was nod.
Shannon cleared her throat. “When I realized what I was holding in my hand, I ran back to the master bathroom and stuck my hand in the toilet.”
“Um…why?” Tammy asked.
Looking as if she was about to cry, Shannon said, “I don’t know! Whatelsedo you do when you realize you have a handful of poop?!”
“Oddly, that makes sense,” I said, as everyone else nodded in agreement.
“Of course, I washed my hands at least a dozen times. I felt bad for making Logan deal with the girls and LouLou, but I had a handful of…”
“Crap,” Landy stated.
Shannon sighed. “Yeah. Andthat’swhen I looked down and saw the test.”
Tammy reached for my hand and squeezed it.
“Test?” Patty asked cautiously.
Nodding, Shannon said, “I’m pregnant.”
We all looked around at one another. Patty leaned over and whispered to me and Tammy, “I don’t know if we should say we’re sorry or congratulations. That was a lot to unpack, ya know.”
I covered my mouth once again.
Rose stood and reached for Shannon to help her to her feet. “Shannon, do we hug you in like a female solidarity kind of thing, or do we start jumping up and down, hugging you in a celebration kind of thing?”
Shannon looked around at all of us, tears in her eyes. I held my breath as we waited for her to reply.
“Logan and I have been trying, so it’s for sure a celebration!”
We all jumped up and started to hug and congratulate Shannon.
At that point, Erin walked back in. “What’s going on?”
When we stepped aside so Shannon could see Erin, she said, “I’m pregnant!”
Erin screamed and quickly made her way to the group. Well, she moved as quickly as her nine-month-pregnant self could manage.
“This is such amazing news!” Patty was enthused once we all sat back down. “Now, formoregood news.” Her gaze turned to me. “Emma? Do you have something you want to share with the group?”
I shook my head. “Um…nope. Not that I can think of.”
Tammy hit her knee against mine. “Yes, she does.”
Shooting a glare at Tammy, I focused back on the group.
