I never had a very good poker face. To her credit, she never once suggested I might be the problem. She never even suggested I get checked. Maybe she ...idn’t need the test to know that I was not a man. Cindy gradually stopped bringing up adoption or even wanting to have kids. She seemed to be resigned to staying with me and living a childless marriage. I loved her beyond imagining, but harbored a deep and lingering feeling that I was no longer good enough for her.My feelings caused me to pull. Monday I'd overheard her talking to her doctor. She was the only doctor we'd liked and we'd known her for several years now. I heard the doctor ask about health and semen count."Healthy?" She stopped pacing and listened to the doc. "But... of course they're healthy!" She paused, "They're... both, virile... healthy... men." Her voice trailed off. "... yes, we'll keep trying, yes, they, um... we'll keep trying. Yes, thank you." She set the phone on the counter."I can't believe I slipped like. He gestured with it towards the path and strode off towards the hilltop without a backward glance. Alexandra promptly dropped to her hands and knees and crawled after him, her tight arse rolling invitingly as she struggled to keep pace. Before long, her lithe body was shimmering with sweat and she had to set down her tender knees and palms more gingerly. Dmitri stopped, turned, and put his hands on his hips. Alexandra turned an expectant face up to him.He spoke without looking around, “Grigori.. They settled onto a lawn beside the lovely urban lake, Lake of the Isles, south of their usual spot beside a channel leading to Cedar Lake. A better view of a lush little island. After eating, he kept an eye on the kids while stretching out on the usual picnic blanket, Cheryl beside him.“I have something for you,” he said, reaching into the black, tattered backpack.“Oh?”He found the two ring boxes. His was plainer and larger, so he figured out hers. He hid hers in his big hand. “I know we were.