Everything seemed to be going pretty good, even if they had not been intimate.Amanda sighed and reached over and grasped her son's hand. "David, I am ...ot sure how to tell you this so I guess I should just say it." Amanda paused for several long moments, then she blurted, "I'm pregnant!"At first the words did not register with David. Then when they did, his eyes opened wide and his mouth dropped. The two of them were silent for a few moments when David asked, "Is it Roland's." He had forgotten. “Oh, we haven’t made a final decision yet, but we will be meeting in the next week or so and will make a decision then.” She turned her head and looked around at everyone in the room before returning her attention to Pauline.“I should think that we will be using both the strap and the cane and perhaps giving people the choice of what other implements they use,” she continued.“I’d be happy, and I know that Mrs. Milligan would be happy to sit down with you in the near future and get your opinion. She advised me that I should continue both ofthose behaviors for the rest of the day, especially after our visitorarrived.Someone else was going to see me like that? I wanted to sneak away andhide somewhere. But that wasn't going to happen. Instead, Miki took meto the vanity table in her bedroom -- formerly OUR bedroom, but not anylonger since I had been ordered to sleep on a dog bed alongside the widebed that was now hers alone, and on which I was allowed only when it wasto give her oral. She had rung up the local real estate agent and told him what she hoped to purchase and the finances she was prepared to spend and approximately her time of arrival. She was travelling light, just a couple of suitcases and two boxes. Since the property had been divided it had been a good opportunity to get rid of stuff that had been collected over the years of the marriage, items that were now of no use or had memories that she wanted to forget.The drive North was pleasant and it was well after.