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I nodded “You’re a great friend Can I ask you so?”

“Of course”

“Do you think Alex will think I did this to trap hiet his money… I mean, if the baby turns out to be his”

“Without really knowing him, I just couldn’t say But I will say that rich people think differently about things than we do, so it’s possible”

“Maybe I should just tell Jason it’s his and leave Alex out of it”

“Is that a better option though? Have you even talked to Jason?”

“No, not since the text that day But, I wouldn’t be asking hi It would just be less coht the baby was Jason’s”

“Probably, but tell …”

“What’s that?”

“How strong are your feelings for Alex?”

I thought about trying to lie to her, but it never worked She knew me too well, so there was no point “They’re there,” I told her “And they’re strong”

“So maybe he feels the same and he’ll be thrilled about the baby”

“I’m the maid, Liz”

“So what? You have to stop putting yourself down You’re an a person You’re beautiful and smart and funny… I count myself very lucky to be your friend”

“I wish you were the father,” I told her We laughed and I cried again Finally, I fell asleep on the couch and when I woke up a few hours later, Liz had covered one out with soirls from work She was such a worry-wart that at the bottom of the note it said, “Do Not Hesitate To Call If You Need Me!” She really is a good friend I got up and went in to doetc The whole ti if I should call Jason and at least feel hiet back together and I wasn’t going to ask hi, but I had this silly idea that if I told him, he’d be so happy that he’d want to be a part of it and then I wouldn’t have to think about giving hinant for less than twenty-four hours and that thought already

I went out to the living rooed n, he wasn’t screening me out

“Hi Vicki! I was just thinking about you”

“Really?”

“Yeah, I’ve beenwith all of this Work has just kind of been a nightoes” More so than he’ll ever know

“Yeah, how are you otherwise?”

“I’ okay otherwise What about you?”

“I’ in there…”

“You’re not mad at me?”

“I was at first,” I said “Mostly I was hurt I would like to believe that I deserved a little e break-up, you know?”

“It wasn’t a break up I just thought we both needed some time”

“Time for what exactly, Jason?”