He urged me to try and keep Becky hanging around for appearances sakementioning he'd do the same with Maxine.I knew in my case that was going to be ve...y hard. I was a bad liar and shewas tough to lie to.I had a strong urge to break things off with her, feeling that it would bethe best thing to do for all concerned. But I told him that I would try mybest to keep things going.He was so sweet and gentle and wonderful I couldn't believe this was thesame scowling, bad-ass Ray Wickes I've known all. And it looks like we'll be having a lot more such nights just like it, Sure Shot." Sure shot?" I asked."Yes, look at this," she grinned, handing me a paper with a bright pink plus sign on it. "What does this mean, Captain Walters?" I demanded."When did I become 'Captain Walters' again?" she laughed. "It means just what you're afraid it means, darling. I've been in my most fertile period for a week. It looks like now, thanks to you, I'm going to be making us a baby. Sometime during these last. "oh and by the way darling someone came around for you saying sorry for the other day", she expalined but before i could ask who she was on about she out the door and in the car driving to work leaving me with another question. Then an idea droped into her head maybe it was the guy from the park, she felt somehow excited. As Annabel sat eating breakfast (the girls name) she heard a knock at the door thinking it was dad she opened it to welcome him in, but of course it wasn't dad it was the boy. I've been thinking about you a lot." Her hand stopped moving. "Really?" She sounded surprised. I propped myself up on my elbows. "Really. It's hard not to think about someone as beautiful as you." For a minute she didn't say anything, then gave me a soft smile. "That's sweet." I guessed I'd honestly surprised her. She had none of the cocky, flirty attitude that she'd had even a minute ago. It made no sense. Callie was beautiful, and she didn't strike me as the type who wasn't aware of it..