"This is the worst day of my fucking life." Sorry, but it's a good one for me," she said. "I know it's bad for you, but at least I have a friend now. ... finally have someone I can talk about this with. For the past year or so, I've had to hold all of this in. I had literally no one I could talk to." So that's why you became..." I began."A bitch," she finished for me. "Yep that's why." But why didn't you divorce him or leave him?" I asked."And do what or go where?" she asked."Anywhere you. ‘James…yes! Yes I will marry you!!’ James stood and kissed me deeply. Nothing could keep the tears of joy from running down my face. I was so happy. *** ‘James, I’m pregnant.’ I whispered to him one night after we made love again. It had been three months since my birthday. I was ecstatic. James sat up in bed. ‘You’re what?’ I sat up and turned around. ‘I’m pregnant Babes!’ He sat up and stared out into space for a little while, as if he didn’t completely grasp what I said. Finally he lay back. Not hard anyway," Hailey teased her suddenly self-conscious friend.Don smiled as she sat. He definitely had both girls' attention. He studied Candy for a moment. She and Hailey were almost complete opposites physically. Candy had short brown hair and a narrow face. She was thinner and shorter than her friend."So what can we do for you, Axe?" Hailey said, smiling at the obvious hero worship of her band mate."I'm in need of a keyboard player for Barrier Riff's upcoming tour." I didn't think Key. Male chauvinism was completely unacceptable behavior in my house. Call it zero tolerance by today’s standards. Sometimes when I think back, it was Carla I should have married. But I wasn’t in love with her. If Carla and I were part of a foursome with Sharon and Ted, I’d gawk at Sharon andmake mental mistakes during the game. That drove Carla crazy but she knew instinctively that I had a crush on Sharon. It was nearing Valentine’s Day when Carla and I signed up for a double deck Pinochle.