Expecting His Baby

me to put her jacket on...

Nico, waking

ts now and relax,' the flight a

at easy. 'Thank you

ing for around ten minutes before we reach the terminal building, so you'll

pe

behaved the way she had on the night of the party. She had wanted to be

ing the words on a note of optimism. 'This is m

ays wanted to go it

thought, maintaining her upbeat expre

hurried away Carrie wonde

easy. 'Not yet, mouse, I set the pace...' That was what he had said to her at th

ut she would now for t

unprepared. She had playe

and over again in her head

ponsible; she should have taken precautions; she should have been on the pi

een no time

nto the packed aisle. As she waited for the line to move forwa

aid she was

er thoughts, Carrie told

about the sun-drenched l

ise moment Nico had said that to her. But it was too late. She was already

r to lift her legs and lock

ssed her knees back

as she forced her thoug

y little money...So she would just have to take it one step at a time, Carrie reaso

she stepped onto the tar

orous and exclusive than she had thought. Even the airport officials were ele

part

the bathroom mirror afte

ther women at the party a

of the paper dolls she had played with as a child she was all jumbled up-the

. Nico had wanted sex, and

sex like a fast-food meal and use

rself and search for some signs to Baggage Reclaim. She had encouraged Nico with everything she'd had,

hing she would never forg

ho used physical strength as well as brainpower on-site. One of his greatest pleasures, he had confess

see, touch, feel and suck everythin

this thoroughness accou

tic lover. She had been f

rth and, when he had allo

h from her lungs like a pu

o close around him, by wh

nails cruelly into his bu

m, 'Nico,

ase,

w what I

amused, and she'd gone

e, you didn't w

as she heaved her suitcas

embered the next time sh

taken h

s one way to get throug

cted, responding to a pro

passport, she smiled t

well-mannered scrutiny.

ps she had just reached th

ng. It had happened when

ly said was, 'I love my mo

sed, Nico found it easier

ed the compliant mouse sh

e

riorated to the point w

s home by the time she'd w

outside she changed her

richness and variety of t

llea tumbled down yellow

ature in front of the te

spray into the air. The

ng and came back to

y when she told h

could

ould never think of her

e she had made. Picking

wards the

y proud of his beautiful

rove towards the old city

th ancient rivalries, rebels

ad been founded on ancien

advantageous position

herself relaxing. The sk

nd everywhere she looked

ed castles, vineyards, or

could see mountains

d it was easy for her to

eland. The only problem w

till wearing her heavy Lon

petuous and had thought t

lm reason possible wh

g after the party, Carrie

such care with her appear

small stock of clothes she

e top. She hadn't wanted t

remembering her wantonne

again, and the last thing she'd wanted was to give N

de she had harboured a

had gleamed, and had toyed

impractical in the office s

ick. She wasn't good at m

effort t