Status Updates From Once Pregnant, Twice Shy (G...

"'You're not joking me?'" (176) as humans say in Texas(?)

"This morning Beth had told her she'd heard that Garrett had proposed to Cassandra already" (162) from WHO? Who would had said that? Not her husband, and who else would know this was happening? Nonsense drama

"...impulsively pressing in behind him and leaning to watch as she showed him how. She shifted her hands so that he held the knife, and she held him, and then she slowly guided him to cut in the size she wanted.

Garrett stood utterly still and compliant, letting her guide him, and suddenly … she realized how intimately her arms were going around his narrow waist." (116-117) here for this trope gender flip

"'And of course we didn't kiss. I'm not stupid! Who kisses a sick person?' Kate said in disgust." (73) nicely executed dramatic irony

"Beth's my associate now. Trust me, if Landon married her, it means she's very capable of handling things by herself." (28) what does him marrying Beth have to do with her ability to run a catering company on her own that she's only been a business partner in thus far?

"At seventy...[s]he glittered tonight in a high-end ruby-colored dress, which was completely undermined by the plain black bed slippers she wore. Comfort, to her, was everything. She didn't care what others thought and had enough money to ensure that everyone would at least pretend they thought the best of her." (17) queen