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He pulled a clean handkerchief from his pocket and handed it to her "Iyou Ready to take his share of responsibility"

"’Fraid not," she said, accepting the hankie and dabbing her eyes

He ran the back of his finger along her cheek, wiping away a tear "Is that why you told me it was mine?"

She turned liquid eyes up to him "Partly," she said quietly "There’s more to it than that…"

"Was it about hed without humor "No," she said "It was because neither of us had anyone in our lives--at least that’s what you said It was because of the way you are--telling me that story about how you ith your best friend’s hen her baby ca you’d ever seen It was the way I felt when I ith you" She shrugged "I thought you’d be a good father A good…Neverhis head

"I know It was stupid But I thought if you grew to love ainst hi your baby, ether, ht we’d be safe with you I felt a lotI’m sorry"

He put an arm around her and held her "Terri--you had to know I’d find out eventually…"

She shrugged and sniffed "Maybe not At least not until we’d had soot attached, if there were more children…It was a stupid risk, I really don’t know if I’d have been able to go through with it" She looked up at him "I’m not a dishonest person I probably would have told you the truth before…" She took a breath "It took me a while to accept that you just weren’t into me," she said "You didn’t call, you left town all the tiht--there wasn’tthere was"

He put a large hand over her barely swollen middle "And this little one’s father?"

"Not interested, either," she said

"Does he know?"

"I told him He could care less He toldto decide I was better off"

"Loser," Paul muttered under his breath "How did this happen?" he asked

"I’ve always been bad about those pills Missing the It’s ot froe and round "The condom didn’t fail, Paul, and I was tested at "