“I’m sorry” I simply said. I too felt guilt for not telling her before. “Oh, no don’t be. You’re totally right!” she said and pulled a b...t away to look at me. I reached out for the paper towels and handed her one. “Thank you” she said and smiled.“Why don’t you just sit down and let me cook the food” I said with a refreshing uplifting tone. “I will definitely mess something up, so if you can tell me what to do, then that would be great. But otherwise, you just sit down and relax” I said and lead. Shelly said," That is only partially true. She could have made that decision or she could have finally come to grips with it and has decided to fight it. The things that she says and does over the next few days will be the key. She does not need to be alone for a few days. I would need to put her on the couch and evaluate her to see where she is going mentally." Where is your office? You never told me where you were going to set up shop," I said."Dr. Rich and I are partners in the practice and. Damn, she hurt herself bad he thought.Sherri thought the pain would subside when the plug was out, but this was bad, it hurt, not as bad as when the plug was in, but this was horrible."What did I do to myself" she said to him."Well baby, I looked and didn't see any tearing, perhaps a small one, but nothing bad, and that is good. That means we probably don't have to worry about Septic infection." Robert told her."That is where the bowels leak into the abdominal cavity right?" she said. But it still hurt to hear. No matter how hard he tried, the words stillswirled around in his head, still echoed in his ears.He finally stopped to catch his breath. Wiping his face with hisforearm, he looked at the card.Dirt stained the delicate pink colours. One of the corners had beenbent. The ink inside had been smeared.He felt the tears beginning to return. He hated this. He hated hisclassmates. He hated those bullies. He hated Mother's Day. He hatedwhatever it was that decided his mother.