As Mary sat on the couch of her loft in Buffalo she realized that what she was about to tell her husband would be the hardest thing she ever told anyway which was why she had put it off for the last 8 months. She knew that it was undoubtedly the most horrible deceitful thing she ever done especially after the phone conversation with Lucy about what Sandy had done and how it affected everyone. She was in a very similar situation, but desired nothing more than to make it right before her daughters came into the world. She had not knowingly gotten into the situation as Sandy had. However, even though certain people in her had pushed her to do the things she did she knew she ultimately was responsible for getting herself into the mess.
"Carlos, we need to talk" she said anxiously as he walked into the living room and sat down next to her.
"Sure, what about?"
"The twins," she answered quickly.
"Honey, please stop worrying we have everything we need and an entire month before they come."
"No, I mean that I have to tell us you something about the twins themselves," she clarified.
"Did the doctor find something wrong with them at your appointment today?" he asked worriedly.
"Oh no, no, it is nothing like that…both girls are fine," she assured. Actually the doctor helped mean to realize this months ago." "And…and well, now I realized I should have told you much sooner and believe me I meant to, but then it looked like things weren't going to work out the way I wanted then to."
"Mary, you're babbling…whatever you have to tell me I want to know." "Remember you are not alone." "We are in this together," he added happily.
"That's the thing…we aren't, Ben and I are…the twins are his.