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"So you're pregnant again?"

"Yes"

"Are you certain?"

"Yes," she said "I went to a doctor Don't worry," she quickly added, "he's not a doctor here He's a doctor in Boston He called nant"

"And like last time, you have no idea who the father is because there were sowith exhaustion and disgust It was like deja vu

She turned Even in the darkness, I could see her eyes burn

"No I knoho the father is He's the only one I've been with this last month or so," she said

"Really? Well, that's some relief Do you intend to marry?" I asked

"No, we can't marry"

"Why not?"

"He's already married," she said

I held s and shrivel the pain It couldn't be No, it couldn't be

"Who is it?" I finally found the courage and strength to ask She looked at the sea again

"Don't be mad at me," she said

Was she going to name Samuel? My own husband had betrayedher, why he didn't want ether too many times I should have known What a fool I've been What could be ?