She lay close to me, took my hand and placed it on her belly. “I’m going to have a baby, dear,” she whispered. I was startled. “I’d thought that I would never have one, but now I am certain.” “You’re very happy, aren’t you?” I asked.
“Absolutely.”
There was simple truth in her voice. “Are you sure that he really loves you?” “Certain. And if it’s not quite so, it would make no difference. What I need is to be beside the man I love. That’s all!”