title: The Baby Pact: Birth of a Dream
author:  Lesley S. King 
description: Lesley S. King has traveled to exotic places all over the world while writing for The New York Times, Audubon magazine, United Airlines Hemispheres magazine and the Frommers and Dummies guides. She is the author of two books of travel essays. She blogs at The Inner Adventure and offers programs on writing about what you love. She also speaks to groups about the new publishing age. Visit www.lesleysking.com.
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  The Game Room
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Annabel Lucas
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  No part of this book may be reproduced, transmitted, or stored in an
  information retrieval system in any form or by any means, without prior
  written permission from the author.
  
  
  
  
  
  This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real
  people, or real places are used fictionally. Other names, characters, places,
  and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to
  actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  Copyright © (2020)
  
  
  Annabel Lucas
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  To my sisters, forever grateful for the bonds that bind us. Love, blood and
  babies.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  Contents
  
  
  [CHAPTER 1](part0000_split_004.html#_Toc34393609)
  
  
  [Dreams](part0000_split_004.html#_Toc34393610)
  
  
  [CHAPTER 2](part0000_split_005.html#_Toc34393611)
  