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"Oh, Suzy" Gwen squeezed the other woman’s hand in hers and then felt about two inches tall about how upset she had been over her probleh, she was lucky She ure out in her life and plans to make, but she would survive, even if she had to do it all on her own Well, and with Wendy kicking her ass every step of the way

They had been quiet for a few minutes before Suzy seemed to compose herself and Gwen could see a little of her usual spirited personality return "So, what’re you doing sitting here looking like you’re heading for a firing squad? Work or s that take over our lives"

There was no way she could tell Suzy, of all people, why she was sitting here staring off into space as her thoughts and stomach churned She’d been that way since she’d left her apart and it hadn’t improved as the day had passed She had seen Do, but he’d been gone in the blink of an eye She had to talk to hi to say He was likely to be angry with her, and dary with him and the world one minute, then ready to cry the next What a screwed-up ," she finally said in answer to Suzy’s questions "Just one of those days, you know?"

"You’re pregnant, aren’t you?" Suzy asked quietly

Gwen spun around so fast she almost fell from her bench "How did you know? No one else knows--shit" She sagged as she realized what she’d accidentally admitted "Oh, my God, I’m so sorry I know you couldn’t possibly want to hear that"

Suzy took Gwen’s hand, offering comfort "Gwen, it’s okay, really It took a while, but I’e you or another woht now, you look like you’re in desperate need of a friend It’s Do in soht theive the other the support they needed "Yes, it’s Do I mean, I took a test--a bunch of theative We kneas a possibility because we had a condomh and it was, just different I had mentioned it to ested I take another test just to be certain I just laughed it off because I hadn’t been having any sy ready for work, she texted me a reminder and since I had purchased like twenty of them last week, I went ahead and took one, just so she’d drop it I didn’t even bother looking at it until I was out of the shower and--it had both lines showing I completely freaked out and took every last test I had left and they all indicated ‘Pregnant’"

"Oh honey, congratulations," Suzy said, sounding nothing but sincere As if noticing Gwen’s tight expression, she asked, "Are you not happy about it?"

Gwen felt horrible at Suzy’s question She didn’t want the other woman to think that she didn’t want the baby after she’d been unable to have one of her own "It’s not that," she assured her "I’m just not sure what to do next I told Donant, and he just seemed to brush it off like it didn’t s for so to s with me andyou and a stripper? Dominic? Are you sure? Everyone talks about hi since sliced bread"

"I don’t know for sure," Gwen ade and Doo back to Kandi if he found out I wasn’t pregnant Then I saw a text on his phone thisto knohen he’d be back in Charleston While he was there, he didn’t call or text ood deal,’ when I told hinant"

"Oh no, he didn’t!" sheWait, but you said he left his phone at your place Does that ht there, I mean after that bonehead text?"

"Uot home from my sister’s Sunday afternoon, he ca o out to dinner I agreed because I didn’t knohere things stood between us after not hearing from him Then our dinner was really aard, but kind of sweet Like a first date"

"And then he looked so good when you got home that you went all in for the wild s stand with hihed "Yep, that’s it pretty much I mean he’s never seemed like some kind of player, but I have no idea if he really cares about me the way I care about him You know?"

"You need to talk to hirow a pair and let you knohat’s going on"

"But what if he just says sonant? I mean, I will tell him, of course, but it would be nice to know if there is so between us outside of that"