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The heat began to crawl up Mulder’s neck as he felt the woman behind the counter’s stare roam his body. It normally made him uneasy when women showed interest in him, but today it felt misplaced. Like she was treading in areas that now belonged to someone else. Leaning against the counter, he watched her wrap up the box in the baby paper he had picked out.
“Is this for a relative?” the lady asked, glancing more than once at Mulder’s exposed forearms.Â
Self consciously he pulled down his sweatshirt sleeves to cover them. “My partner,” Mulder said.
“Congratulations,” she replied with a plastic smile.
Mulder was confused for a moment, but then realized she assumed the baby was his. We’ll find out today, good woman. We’ll find out today. Â
“What color ribbon?” the lady asked. Mulder blinked hard, his expression frozen. “Boy or girl?” she clarified.
“I-I don’t know.” He had been so hung up with how the baby came to be, he hadn’t even thought to ask if it was a boy or girl.Â
“No problem. We’ll use a yellow ribbon.”
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