looked sexy all rumpled, it wasn’t his style. “I can’t go to dinner at your house. I know we planned to tell your family about us, and I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay.” She’d touched his arm. “But why?”
“Teresa’sspotting. She’s scared.”
“Did she call the doctor?”
“Uh-huh. He says it’s not uncommon. It could happen for the first trimester.”
“It happened to Paulie and Nia, too. Why are you opting out of our plans?”
“She wants me with her.”
Magdalena didn’t like Teresa’s demands at all. She started to say something, but Logan seemed so sad, she just hugged him. “Then go. Be with her.I’ll be fine…”
Now, staring into the living room, Magdalena admitted she wasn’t as calm about the turn of events as she’d pretended to be. Was this a foreshadowing of what was to come?
oOo
“Logan Price.”
“Hi, it’s me. Teresa.”
He tried to control the sigh that rose in him. “How are you?”
“Good. Better. Thanks for staying with me Saturday night.”
“Are you stillspotting?”
“Yes. And I’ve had some cramping. Could you come over again after work?”
“I guess.” Once again, he had plans with Magdalena. “I’ll be there around seven.”
Dreading the evening ahead, he crossed into Magdalena’s office. She was at her desk, her head bent over the computer and long curls falling down her back. She looked up when he entered. “What’s wrong?”
“It was Teresa.She wants my company tonight again.”
A quizzical expression. “Has something more happened?”
“She says she’s cramping.” He dropped down into a chair. “Can I talk to you about this?”
“Of course, you can talk to me about anything.”
“I have a bad feeling about her actions, her demands.”
“In what way?”
“I don’t know whether I’m worried about a miscarriage or worried about herbeing so clingy.”
Rising from her desk, she crossed to him and sat next to him on the couch. She took his hand and held it between hers. The gesture loosened some of the tightness in his neck and chest. “The first would be a tragedy. The second you can handle.”
“Thanks for understanding.” He shook his head. “You’re so special, Mags.” He rarely called her that. “Most women would be throwingtantrums about now.”
“Not my style. I’ll postpone dinner with Dylan.”
“You could go anyway.”
“Maybe I will.”
Standing, he drew her up from the chair. He took her in his arms and kissed her deeply. When he let go, she said, “Hmm. That makes me want to do some clinging of my own.”
“I’ll come over after she goes to bed.”
“I’ll wait up.”
oOo
Magdalena sat acrossfrom Ana at a new restaurant in Brooklyn. Her sister had called and asked her to come out for lunch. “So, how are you doing?” Magdalena asked. “Have you made a decision about Jared yet?”
Ana sighed. Her face was pale and her eyes tired. “The decision was inevitable. I wouldn’t let him move in this week, and it was a nightmare. Opal missed school, so I missed work. Jared had a fit when I didn’tcall him about some recurring pain. So he’s moving in. There didn’t seem to be any other choice.”
“Maybe it won’t be too bad.”
“Maybe, but I doubt it.” Ana took a bead on her sister. “How about you? You aren’t happy. I see some circles under your eyes, which are never there.”
“Just busy at work.”
“I meant to ask you, did you stay with Logan during the storm? You were wearing hisclothes when you got to the hospital.”
“Yeah, by the time I realized the severity of the weather, I couldn’t get home.”
Ana got her
mother look
on. “Was that all?”
“What do you mean?”
“You seemed different that night. More together.”
To stop the tears from falling, Magdalena bit her tongue
.
Ana reached for her hand. “Oh, Mags. You never cry. Tell me what’s going on.”
“It’s complicated.”
“You’re talking to the queen of complications.”
So she broke
“It’s okay.” She’d touched his arm. “But why?”
“Teresa’sspotting. She’s scared.”
“Did she call the doctor?”
“Uh-huh. He says it’s not uncommon. It could happen for the first trimester.”
“It happened to Paulie and Nia, too. Why are you opting out of our plans?”
“She wants me with her.”
Magdalena didn’t like Teresa’s demands at all. She started to say something, but Logan seemed so sad, she just hugged him. “Then go. Be with her.I’ll be fine…”
Now, staring into the living room, Magdalena admitted she wasn’t as calm about the turn of events as she’d pretended to be. Was this a foreshadowing of what was to come?
oOo
“Logan Price.”
“Hi, it’s me. Teresa.”
He tried to control the sigh that rose in him. “How are you?”
“Good. Better. Thanks for staying with me Saturday night.”
“Are you stillspotting?”
“Yes. And I’ve had some cramping. Could you come over again after work?”
“I guess.” Once again, he had plans with Magdalena. “I’ll be there around seven.”
Dreading the evening ahead, he crossed into Magdalena’s office. She was at her desk, her head bent over the computer and long curls falling down her back. She looked up when he entered. “What’s wrong?”
“It was Teresa.She wants my company tonight again.”
A quizzical expression. “Has something more happened?”
“She says she’s cramping.” He dropped down into a chair. “Can I talk to you about this?”
“Of course, you can talk to me about anything.”
“I have a bad feeling about her actions, her demands.”
“In what way?”
“I don’t know whether I’m worried about a miscarriage or worried about herbeing so clingy.”
Rising from her desk, she crossed to him and sat next to him on the couch. She took his hand and held it between hers. The gesture loosened some of the tightness in his neck and chest. “The first would be a tragedy. The second you can handle.”
“Thanks for understanding.” He shook his head. “You’re so special, Mags.” He rarely called her that. “Most women would be throwingtantrums about now.”
“Not my style. I’ll postpone dinner with Dylan.”
“You could go anyway.”
“Maybe I will.”
Standing, he drew her up from the chair. He took her in his arms and kissed her deeply. When he let go, she said, “Hmm. That makes me want to do some clinging of my own.”
“I’ll come over after she goes to bed.”
“I’ll wait up.”
oOo
Magdalena sat acrossfrom Ana at a new restaurant in Brooklyn. Her sister had called and asked her to come out for lunch. “So, how are you doing?” Magdalena asked. “Have you made a decision about Jared yet?”
Ana sighed. Her face was pale and her eyes tired. “The decision was inevitable. I wouldn’t let him move in this week, and it was a nightmare. Opal missed school, so I missed work. Jared had a fit when I didn’tcall him about some recurring pain. So he’s moving in. There didn’t seem to be any other choice.”
“Maybe it won’t be too bad.”
“Maybe, but I doubt it.” Ana took a bead on her sister. “How about you? You aren’t happy. I see some circles under your eyes, which are never there.”
“Just busy at work.”
“I meant to ask you, did you stay with Logan during the storm? You were wearing hisclothes when you got to the hospital.”
“Yeah, by the time I realized the severity of the weather, I couldn’t get home.”
Ana got her
mother look
on. “Was that all?”
“What do you mean?”
“You seemed different that night. More together.”
To stop the tears from falling, Magdalena bit her tongue
.
Ana reached for her hand. “Oh, Mags. You never cry. Tell me what’s going on.”
“It’s complicated.”
“You’re talking to the queen of complications.”
So she broke
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