He stands dumbfounded, unable to think or comprehend what he has just been told. "I went to Doctor Sullivan’s for my check-up today. I've got some ...ad news." The cogs in Joel's brain finally start spinning. Has Anna's cancer returned? He burst out, "Anna, we can beat this again, together." Anna shakes her head. "I'm pregnant." "But I've had a…" he doesn't say the word vasectomy, the realisation that this is not his baby stops him. .......... Eighteen months later, Joel is sitting in the. ”“And does he give you the same leeway?”“No. But I don’t mind.”“Mother has always been monogamous,” said her daughter.“One man is enough,” Kali shrugged.“Was he here... ?” Joe started.“I met him,” Celia smiled. “He’s a tough, masculine man, but sweet.”“He is,” Kali agreed. “Barely noticed how sexy my daughter is.”“He noticed,” Celia chuckled. “But made it clear he would never cross that boundary.”“He talked to you about it?” her mother asked.“Yes. I think because of my past. I’d been around. Meanwhile, Toronto lost three of four in Yankee Stadium, so our four wins gained us only a half-game on the first-place Yankees.We split the first two in New York in a couple of classic games that were as tense as any post-season contest you'd ever want to see. Win or lose, this year the Yankees would have to look south toward Baltimore, instead of north toward Boston, to contemplate their principal competitor.We needed the third and final game in Yankee Stadium in order to leave town in first. I had no doubt in my mind that the DNA report would convict him. It was unrealistic, I know, but that was how my mind was working. Needless to say, I mentioned none of this to Christie.I was lying in my bed, wide awake, thinking about where my life would go now that I had done everything possible to discover who killed my wife. Whether it was Paul Wilson, or someone unknown, there was no other path to follow. If it wasn't him, there would have to be some other kind of breakthrough to solve the.