By Thanksgiving it was pretty obvious to anyone who saw her thatChristine was pregnant. Man, she must have gained over thirty pounds andher belly now ...tuck out a good foot in front of her. Just in the lastcouple of days her belly button had "popped" and now poked out throughthe thin fabric of the maternity tops that she was wearing nowadays. Shehad given up trying to wear maternity pants that covered up her bellyover a month ago and the tops of her pants were now forced down belowthe bottom of. She was naked, deliciously naked. It was Helen. Without bothering to ask how she had made it to Austin or how she had got into her room, Kimberly shed her clothes and set to work. Helen’s style of loving was quite different to that of Alice, more sensuous, less urgent. Helen lingered over each kiss and every caress. They were naked together and had the whole night in front of them to make love. Kimberly tried to respond, but Helen would have none of it. “You first”, she whispered softly,. I stood in just on of those hospital gowns, the ones that fasten up the back with ties, as the Doctor ordered me to walk.The first few steps made me feel suicidal, but after a few days I realised it was bearable.They had to operate on my jaw again, I came back with a long scar, they tried to do it without cutting the first time but it was not quite in line as it started to knit together.They kept my hands in plaster for months, my fingers itched unbearably, but still the cast stayed on until. I can see the steam from her cup rising lazily in the still morning air.By the end of the day I am dragging and it feels like the walk back from the train station is about five kilometers instead of a couple of blocks. I get home and Lori informs that she had invited people for supper. Bollocks to that, I am not having it, not tonight. I feel like hell and in no mood to entertain.When I tell her that, and that I must have caught something at work, she accuses me of not being supportive of her.