n o t e ; this is the official end of the book ;-;

enjoy the final update of chinese cooking (which in hindsight is the worst title ever).
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"i'm pregnant!"

"you're what?"

"pregnant, with child, knocked up, glowing, et cetera, et cetera."

"how?"

"did you not have health class in middle school?"

"how far?"

"8 weeks."

"just one?"

"just two!"

"wow okay."

"are you excited?"

"wait...REEM OUR BABIES ARE GOING TO BE GEMINI'S!"

"so?"

"SO?? gemini's are the worst."

"my mother is a gemini."

"...well..."

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"it's a girl!"

"just get this other mother trucker out of me!"

"babe it's okay,"

"don't tell me it's okay unless you have these monsters coming out of you! i feel like i'm dyING! AHHH FUCK! GET IT OUT!"

"i'll just be quiet now."

"one more push,"

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c r i e s

"it's a boy!"

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"aida what happened to mommy's drapes?"

"the cat did it!"

"thomas we don't have a cat."

"aida did it!"

"ariel what happened?"

"tommy took the scissors!"

"ARIEL!"

"can i have a cookie?"

"yes you can have a cookie. you were so good you can have two."

"YAY!"

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"mo!"

"reem!"

"roberto!"

"allen!"

"whose this little girl?"

"this is elisa, our daughter."

"the adoption went through?"

"mhmm!"

"hi sweetie i'm your auntie reem and we're going to have lots of fun."

"yay!"

"my kids are upstairs if you want to play with them."

"okay thank you auntie reem." h u g s

"she's so cute."

"she's such a little angel,"

"thanks she takes after moi."

"you're not even her dad allen."

"so?"