Page 105 of The Drummer's Heart

I bet.

She turned to me. “And having Nicole here now has made it even better.”

“Are you kidding? She has no time for me.” I winked. “Every time I turn around, she’s snapping away. I hardly have a chance to talk to her.”

“Um, that’s because you’re holed up with my uncle every night when I’m off work.”

“That’s true, I guess.”

“I get it, though.” She grinned. “Making up for lost time.”

Now felt like a good time to bring up something that had been on my mind. “Listen…I need both your input on something.”

Kenzie leaned in. “Okay…”

“I sort of…found out what we’re having by accident.”

Emily gasped. “The gender?”

I nodded.

“Oh my God.” Kenzie clapped. “What is it?”

“Atticus doesn’t even know, so I’m keeping it a secret until I can tell him.”

I was holding lots of secrets, apparently.

Emily covered her mouth and stomped her feet. “I can’t believe you know what you’re having! I’m so freaking excited to find out. You have no idea.”

“I can’t wait to meet my beautiful little cousin.” Kenzie smiled. “But wait, how does oneaccidentallyfind out the gender?”

“Well…” I sighed. “I went to an OBGYN before we left Delaware for a check-in, and the tech somehow thought I knew and let it slip. I guess more and more people just agree to find out these days. I feel bad knowing if Atticus doesn’t, especially since he was the one who wanted to find out in the first place. So I was thinking I could surprise him with a gender reveal on the tour.”

“When do you want to tell him?” Emily asked.

“I have an idea!” Kenzie interjected.

She explained her thoughts, and we devised a plan to make the announcement during one of the performances later this week. I was nervous to do it, but excited at the same time.

Emily reached for Kenzie’s camera. “Any good photos?”

Kenzie practically leaped out of her seat to take the camera back. “Not really in this set.”

Emily narrowed her eyes. “What’s that all about? You almost jumped out of your pants to snatch this camera back from me.”

Kenzie blushed. “No, I didn’t.”

“Yeah, you did.” I laughed.

Kenzie’s face turned even more crimson.

Emily held out her hand. “Why can’t I see them?”

“You can, but these are just photos of the guys practicing. Nothing exciting.”

Playing dumb, I narrowed my eyes. “Is there something you don’t want us to see?”

“No. They’re just…not edited.”

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