But I am proud of what you've done. Congratulations."I enjoyed hearing her say that. Then I told her the news I'd been excited to share with her---"Cy...nthia is pregnant," I said."What?" She's confirmed that she's pregnant, and CJ is the father, of course." Oh my, that wonderful news," she replied sincerely. "How are you feeling about that?" I'm happy," I replied. "She really wants a black baby. She always has. Now she's pregnant." So, how far along is she?" Almost two months. I just found out. They walked across to the helicopter pad and soon Emma, the Professor and three assistants were being whisked across the grey Atlantic swell to the remote island laboratory which was to be Home Sweet Home for thirty six interesting, if sometimes painful months.Emma disembarked from the helicopter and looked around at the windswept island. As a place to spend a goodly part of her life, it had its drawbacks, being remote, cold and generally uninviting. She saw a few old huts by the shore and. "Hi, she said, I'm Marcia, Jeff and Elijah's sister, did they mention they were brothers?"I shook my head, looking around, "I'd never have guessed."She smiled at that, "look," she said, if you want to leave, you had better do it now. It's not a big deal, we have done this before, but the girls have to be ok with it."Jeff was talking to one of the guys, his jaw dropped and he said to us, "is it true, you are mother and daughter?"We both nodded and together said "yes."Marcia frowned for a second,. I knew that the two of you would meet sometime, but I expected to have figured out how to introduce you. Obviously, he was not prepared to meet you either so I’m sure that he was shocked, seeing us together. No, I’ve never mentioned her. She’s new to the department – came in at the start of the second semester. I didn’t expect to see her going out with him. She’s just started her master’s program, so she’s pretty young. She’s nice enough and is quite friendly, as you saw, but I was surprised to.
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