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After returning back to work Marley learned that she was pregnant with another child. Mixed emotions flew around. How was she supposed to feel, They didn't really talk about how many kids they wanted in the first place. They never said that they didn't want to have kids, but definitely didn't talk about having a family. They were perfectly content with their lives then Jordan came along, which wasn't a bad thing, but it happened and they just went with it. Marley, confused with her situation, decided that she was overthinking it and may just let it go for a little while then tell Brian.

See Brian was up for a promotion at work and was focused on just that, and his family. But he let his work overshadow just about everything else. He would spend all day and many nights at his office to impress the big boss. Marley completely understood. She didn't hold that over him and never did, but she did feel pretty lonely many of those nights. She wasn't alone, she had Jordan, and another one on its way. But that didn't stop her from putting on a smile and not skipping a beat. School began to get more and more stressful, and being pregnant and not telling her husband didn't help any either. She wanted to tell someone. But decided that maybe after Brian gets the promotion, after school is let out on summer break, she would tell Brian and then let her family know. 

Now see Marley was the kind of person who liked to keep things to herself. If there was a problem she would find a way to get through it, or would just throw it into a, theoretical, hole and just move on. She figured that if she could throw enough things into that hole no one would know and she wouldn't have to bring them up ever. It was perfect, she could go on living her perfect happy life and no one would know. Marley hadn't talked to her parents or siblings since moving to Chicago for school some years ago. She didn't hate them or anything, but liked keeping her life to herself. None of her family bothered to ever visit her. She was lucky enough that Brian's parents offered to pay for her 3 brothers and 1 sister and her parents plane tickets to fly to the wedding. But only her parents came. They were very prideful about taking this handout and did make a big deal about it several times. Marley hated that every time she tried to talk to her family they threw her "perfect life" in her face. She figured that if some emergency came up she would be on the next flight home in a heartbeat. What was so bad about her and her life that her family hated?

School finally ended and Brian had finally gotten that promotion and was more than excited to hit up Seattle, where he had never been. "Now how wet is it there? Is it going to completely ruin my hair? Should I just plan on always wearing a hat?" he joked. 

"Ha ha very funny. Its not that bad, we'll buy you some really good hair products so that my family hates us even more." 

"Woah, whats wrong? Aren't you happy to be going home? You were the one who wanted to go visit your family for our summer vaca."

"Well, they haven't talked to me much since the marriage. None of these people have even met Jordan in person. None of them ask how we are. And all I get from them is what I see on their social media pages. They don't even bother to send wedding invites or baby announcements. It sucks.What did I do to be excluded from this family?"

"Babe, nothing. You have done nothing wrong. Your family can't afford to fly out here to Chicago, they hate handouts, and quite honestly they are the ones with the problem. See I hated that only your parents showed up to the wedding and I hated it even more that NONE of your family came to meet Jordan when he was born. But did I let that bother me, NO. I have the best wife, the raddest 4 year old, the best job, and to top it all off I hear that I'm up for 'Father of the Year' again this year. How about that?" 

Brian walked over and hugged Marley as hard as he could then kissed her almost as hard. "You are what wakes me up in the morning, Jordan is what wakes me up at night, and that my dear is all we need."

Marley wrapped her arms around his neck and laid her head on his shoulder. There is nothing more that they needed. Other than for her to tell him that shes pregnant again...