I wasn’t’ She gulped, giving Martin a quick smile of appreciation when he put his arm around her shoulders. ‘Chantal, I’m pregnant.’ ‘Grea.... You’re pregnant.’ Jean-Claude violently grabbed her arm, trying to wrench her away from his fiancée. ‘Now, will you get the fuck out of here!’ ‘It’s Jean-Claude’s baby.’ ‘What?’ Chantal’s response was so light that Martin thought that she was going to pass out. ‘Don’t listen to her, Chantal. She’s just jealous … ‘ ‘Then listen to me.’ Martin said, staring. Even though it was going really well with me, I was not happy. Every time John came to the house, I tried to get his attention to no avail. I was beginning to think that I just wasn’t sexy or desirable. After all, no one has asked me out since high school. What made it just a little worse was I was still waiting for “that time of the month” to occur. I’m usually Ms. Timely, but I have been late by a couple of weeks before.It was now starting the fourth week since my step brother and I had. So far nothing exciting had happened, but he was enjoying the trip and here he was on the second of the two islands. He liked this one better than the first one, but he wasn’t sure why. Though tranquil, it seemed to hold a feeling of potential adventure. He had opted that morning not to join the trip to another ruin, this time a temple to Apollo, and instead set out on foot to explore a small part of the island before returning to the hotel for lunch. He had walked a couple of miles along the. Paul just head back; you don't need to keep up withme," I said panting hard. I wasn't done yet, I still had so much conflictin my head and heart and I could still feel that smoldering anger deepinside. Paul didn't respond at all but with a look of grim resolve hedidn't break off. I just shook my head and returned back to my thoughts.We were about a third of the way around this time when my thoughtsreturned to Alicia. I thought about how I had met her and Jen when Ifirst moved here in 2nd grade,.