“And why call me?” she asked, softly. Imagining he might say, I saw something in your face I could not forget. You are the kind of woman a man dreams of having children with. Did you know you have a tender beauty in your eyes?
“Your front door was open when I came by to see you the other day. I saw the framed magazines on your wall. I figured you must be some kind of expert on babies. Though, Ralf’s not today’s baby, exactly. He’s eighteen months old.”
“Oh.” Again, not what she’d expected.
“Ah, also, I figured I had a bargaining chip with you.”
“A bargaining chip?”
“You want me to do a few interviews. You have the credentials of a baby expert. Maybe we could work a trade.”
It wasn’t begging exactly, but it was a stunning capitulation.
Still, it was so far from her fantasy of what he might say that she burst out laughing. “I have to warn you, my knowledge of babies is pretty much theoretical.” Sadly
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