Everything changed.
Susan was the first to find out.
She had come to my house one afternoon and found me sitting at the kitchen table with my hands resting over my stomach.
I still remembered the look on her kface.
« Mom, » she had whispered, « why are you smiling like that? »
I had smiled even wider.
« Because I’m going to have a baby. »
She stared at me.
Then she laughed.