The abduction, the casket, the hospital, the unnaturally clean - if not entirely tidy - apartment. The weight of surviving the impossible is an overwhelming one, and he's come home to a lot of questions. The biggest question is the baby she's carrying.
It's unbelievable to see her like this: She's glowing, exactly the way people always say pregnant women do. She does that thing where she touches her belly like she's rubbing a crystal ball, trying to see what kind of future the kid's going to have. She has everything she's always wanted, and who from, he can't say. Maybe she headed back to the sperm bank, or she met a guy after he was gone. At this point, she's far enough along that she must have conceived close to his disappearance; did she go out to the bar and do something stupid when he was abducted? Is this child the memory of a rebound?
Of course not, of course it isn't. Maybe she had one more chance with artificial insemination. Maybe she got to work with a turkey baster and it worked out. But that's between her and a stranger, and he hasn't resigned himself to it yet; every time he looks her way, he wants to touch her stomach and demand all the details, like he has any claim on her little family.
It's hard not to sound a little distracted as he answers, "Sure. We should order some dinner," if only because he's trying to decide just how long-term a stay she's thinking about. Is she going to clarify if he's supposed to take that ass I'm sticking around for the evening. "How does Chinese sound?"
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It's unbelievable to see her like this: She's glowing, exactly the way people always say pregnant women do. She does that thing where she touches her belly like she's rubbing a crystal ball, trying to see what kind of future the kid's going to have. She has everything she's always wanted, and who from, he can't say. Maybe she headed back to the sperm bank, or she met a guy after he was gone. At this point, she's far enough along that she must have conceived close to his disappearance; did she go out to the bar and do something stupid when he was abducted? Is this child the memory of a rebound?
Of course not, of course it isn't. Maybe she had one more chance with artificial insemination. Maybe she got to work with a turkey baster and it worked out. But that's between her and a stranger, and he hasn't resigned himself to it yet; every time he looks her way, he wants to touch her stomach and demand all the details, like he has any claim on her little family.
It's hard not to sound a little distracted as he answers, "Sure. We should order some dinner," if only because he's trying to decide just how long-term a stay she's thinking about. Is she going to clarify if he's supposed to take that ass I'm sticking around for the evening. "How does Chinese sound?"