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"Sarah," I snap, "Professor Leh as o--all the studies alleging to prove it later were shown to have faulty data and poor statistical analyses Since you’re a psychology major, I’m surprised you don’t know that Further in the office, and you know it There’s Brad--"

"Gay," Sarah says "Doesn’t count"

"--and I’ her, "so I don’t ovulate or havetaken aback, "that can’t be good for you"

"Hoould you know?" I ask, keeping my patience with an effort "Are you ment like that, can you?"

"Okay," Sarah says "Sorry I didn’t know, all right?"

I take a deep breath, trying to reht, she didn’t know It’s not like we sit around the office discussing these things, like women do on those stupid commercials "Well, I haven’t ovulated in one on Exotique, the pill where you get your period only four times a year"

At ist asked how things were going in uess it’s starting not to be such a secret anyh when you think youchildren--which I hope at your age will be sooner rather later--we’re probably going to have to have a talk Evidence shows that for women like you it can sometimes be difficult to conceive"

"What do you irls?"

"No,"her head "Actually, it can be harder for thinner woe but your blood pressure and cholesterol are both perfectly healthy I meant women like you who suffer from chronic endometriosis"

"Endo-what-now?" I said

"We discussed this last year, Heather," she reh "That’s why I put you on the continuous-cycle contraceptive, and we agreed you’d start skipping your periods entirely This reduces the tendency for your body to produce endometrial cysts Remember those polyps I reet? At least ynecologist had stuck a et so much as an ibuprofen

"You said the polyps were normal," I pointed out to her

"They were norn What’s abnormal is that they’re endo to worry about yet, but after you go off the pill, if you have trouble conceiving, we’ll probably need to go in for a look laparoscopically That’s all I’ as if Jack, Eo for host kids who’d slipped away before I ever got the chance to introduce the, not when That doesn’tto have trouble

Still, Ionline afterward to see how bad the odds are

I should not have looked

Now I suppose I’ve got to tell Cooper Only how? When? Is there a rightchance of never being able to get pregnant, even without in preppy stores, trying on wedding dresses that look completely terrible, than face that kind of reality

Maybe that’s why I snapped when Sarah gave me her latest laers through my hair, "I’m the one who’s sorry, Sarah I know you didn’t know Back to this wo Office She can’t be that bad Not worse than Simon No one is worse than Simon--"

"I wouldn’t be so sure," Sarah says "Why else would Dr Jessup say he has some news he can’t wait to tell us and he wants to be sure to deliver it in person? Where are you anyway? I knoe’re closed, but that was the longest lunch break in the history of--"

"I’," I say "I’m just over on Fifth" I don’t mention the cross street since it’s so scandalously far "I’ll be right there" Then it hits me "News? Besides the fact that he’s hired soood news When has Dr Jessup ever stopped by anyone’s building to give thele time As a vice president--there is only one president at New York College, but there are several dozen vice presidents, all heads of nonacadee--Dr Jessup is too busy to personally deliver good news He has his assistant send it to us via e-ets delivered by hi--like the ti freeze and recession, there would be no merit raises (Which didn’t affect ible for a merit raise until next year But Siine the news probably has so to do hat happened last week," Sarah says "Reue Brad ed to keep the fact that Jordan Cartwright and Tania Trace were ever in Fischer Hall a secret (one I shared with her only out of necessity, since she caughton which Christopher signed the outside of Epiphany have been on entertainment news shows, like Jordan and Tania’s interview on Access Hollywood ("America’s Favorite Musical Couple Talks About Their Brush with Death"), and in gossip raph captioned "Tania Trace Visits Beloved Bodyguard in Hospital," Tania is in a hospital rooe bouquet of "Get Well" balloons to an extreantic hand makes hers look even tinier as he reaches out to accept the bouquet from her)