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But it was my mother-in-law,\u00a0Catherine<\/span><\/strong>, who finally broke the silence.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWell,\u201d she said, setting down her porcelain teacup with a sharp, deliberate\u00a0clink<\/span>. She smoothed the fabric of her skirt, not looking at her son, but at me. \u201cI suppose this finally explains why the baby doesn\u2019t look like our family in the ultrasound photos.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The cruelty in her voice hit me like a physical slap. This woman who had pretended to love me for three years, who had helped me pick out \u2018Buttercup Yellow\u2019 paint for the nursery just last week, was now sitting there with satisfaction written in the lines around her mouth.<\/p>\n

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But it was my mother-in-law,\u00a0Catherine, who finally broke the silence. \u201cWell,\u201d she said, setting down her porcelain teacup with a sharp, deliberate\u00a0clink. She smoothed the fabric of her skirt, not looking at her son, but at me. \u201cI suppose this finally explains why the baby doesn\u2019t look like our family in the ultrasound photos.\u201d The…<\/p>\n

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