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CHAPTER 1

LILY Colter sat in the s nervously out thethat overlooked Main Street in Clyde, Colorado Across the street was her husband’s—one of them—office Seth was sheriff of the small town

She’d parked around back because sooner or later, Dillon, another of her husbands, would drive through on his way to his pub, and he’d most certainly see her SUV in front of the doctor’s office, which would cause hiht

Michael, the middle Colter brother and the third man she called husband, was safely ensconced in his own veterinary office outside of town, so she wouldn’t need to worry about running into him Hopefully

Her stomach simply wouldn’t settle and she didn’t know if it was because of nerves or because—

She couldn’t think of that yet She closed her eyes and squeezed her fingers into tight balls in her lap It did no good to borrow trouble Her mother-in-law, Holly Colter, would be the first to tell her that

It could be so around Clyde in the last week? But her issues had presented the before last week and she knew it

She was unbelievably tired, she was sick over the most ordinary shtest pressure made her wince

The night before when her husbands had made love to her, it had been all she could do not to cry out—in pain—when they lavished gentle attention on her breasts, and she knew then that she had to confront her denial and see the doctor

“Lily Colter ”

Lily looked up to see the nurse standing in the doorway s at her Slowly, Lily pushed herself froed across the room

The nurse was bright and bubbly, but then Tina alas If she noticed that Lily wasn’t quite herself, she refrained fro too much

When, however, she began to take Lily’s vitals and ask routine care questions about the reason for her visit, Lily murmured, “I’ll discuss it with Dr Burton ”

Tina didn’t pursue theLily’s blood pressure and tely on the hand, and then pro shortly

Lily sluainst the chair and eyed the exam table nervously She was scared, uncertain, and worried over what Dr Burton would say—what she was certain he would say

A ht knock sounded and the door pushed open Dr Burton stuck his head inside, smiled, and then ambled in

He took a seat across from Lily at the small table and opened the laptop he used for patient notes and records He aze over the top of the cos you in today, Lily?”

If he noted the oddity of her not having at least one of her husbands or another fa But then there were sos, as she’d learned, that she had to do alone

This was one of them

“I think …” She closed her eyes “I suspect … I could be pregnant ”