"She spent yesterday at the District Attorney's office," Mrs. Devers explained while Heather soaked a solid stream of tissues between the box on the d...sk and the wastebasket. "She tells me there have been developments that she thought you'd like to know." I'm just glad to know she's okay." She told me what you did." I didn't do anything," I protested."Did too!" Heather snorted out."I didn't! You did what you knew you had to do." And I suppose the three other girls turning up aren't your fault. Even when she first called me. I didn't want to hear what she had to say." Carly nodded. "But this is so weird. For some reason, when she told me she had been seeing someone else, I felt differently. I would have thought I would be even more angry, but I wasn't. She sounded like she was really sorry. And I couldn't help but think about what we did ... almost did ... you know." Carly nodded and smiled to indicate she understood. "Of course, then she dropped the final bomb." The pregnancy." That. As I was reaching for the door,I heard the voice i fell for nearly 19 years ago,"Leyla!! wait!Please!!".I didn't bother to listen,just hastened to leave,but he was fast and stuck out his arm to catch the robe at my waist to pull me back to him.I felt tears burn at the back of my throat,he was begging me to listen utteringwords like,"Please,just hear me out" It was nothing,she is just a fling" all I couldmanage to smother out was "My lawyer will send you the divorce papers tommorow"at which I. “Actually, compared to what a lot of women go through during their first time, you were lucky.”“Lucky!” snorted Harper.“Let’s get cleaned up and then we can sit down and discuss all this,” suggested Hannah, looking down at the stains on her shirt.“What happened to you?” asked Harper.“He spurted as soon as you were off of him. I was over him when that happened.”“Oh!” said Harper, who I think realized how close she had come to experiencing another new thing that day, principally what it felt like.