. although i suspected that merideth would linger until the very end of the event , she left the reception along with the second wave of departing guests . as she said good bye to me on our small front porch she asked me if i had " just a moment ." before i had a chance to say i did , she took my casted hand and led me away from the house about ten yards until we were standing on the valley side of the garage , lokking southwest toward the fatirons and eldorado springs .
a breeze carried the buzz of traffic from the nearby turnpike . i gazed at merideth . she was trying to squelch smile ." yes ?" i said .
her eyes lit up in a way hat i had seen less and less as ur marriage had disintegrated ." tday is about adrienne ," she said ." i know that . before i leave , though , i want you to know that i'm pregnant , " she said ." and engaged ."
the " and engaged " tag came out in a more hurried fashion thn i think she had intended . my eyes caught the glint of a diamond n her finger . the shock was sized of an extra - strength tylenol . the ring and setting were either white gold or platinum . i was guessing platinum .
" congratulations , " i said ." twice . it's nice to hear some good news , merideth . that 's wonderful ."
"i've had three miscarriages already , so nothing's certain where my uterus is concerned ."
although no DNA laboratory had ever confirmed my role , it was likely that i'd had something to do with the conception phase of the first of merideth's three miscarriages . the responsible , and irresponsible , coupling had ccurred many years before , during the separation that preceded our divorce .
tht particular lapse in judgment aside , i'd never questioned the appropriateness of the outcome . of that particular pregnancy .of the lng story of my relationship with merideth .of our marriage . certainly not of our divorce .
" you excited about thebaby ?" i asked . merideth's enthusiasm about being a mother wasn't a given . any maternal instincts had always been buried under a thick blanket of insulation woven from her professional ambition and what i perceived , fairly or not , as an inability to place anyone- like an infant -reliably ahead of herself in any important queue .
a breeze carried the buzz of traffic from the nearby turnpike . i gazed at merideth . she was trying to squelch smile ." yes ?" i said .
her eyes lit up in a way hat i had seen less and less as ur marriage had disintegrated ." tday is about adrienne ," she said ." i know that . before i leave , though , i want you to know that i'm pregnant , " she said ." and engaged ."
the " and engaged " tag came out in a more hurried fashion thn i think she had intended . my eyes caught the glint of a diamond n her finger . the shock was sized of an extra - strength tylenol . the ring and setting were either white gold or platinum . i was guessing platinum .
" congratulations , " i said ." twice . it's nice to hear some good news , merideth . that 's wonderful ."
"i've had three miscarriages already , so nothing's certain where my uterus is concerned ."
although no DNA laboratory had ever confirmed my role , it was likely that i'd had something to do with the conception phase of the first of merideth's three miscarriages . the responsible , and irresponsible , coupling had ccurred many years before , during the separation that preceded our divorce .
tht particular lapse in judgment aside , i'd never questioned the appropriateness of the outcome . of that particular pregnancy .of the lng story of my relationship with merideth .of our marriage . certainly not of our divorce .
" you excited about thebaby ?" i asked . merideth's enthusiasm about being a mother wasn't a given . any maternal instincts had always been buried under a thick blanket of insulation woven from her professional ambition and what i perceived , fairly or not , as an inability to place anyone- like an infant -reliably ahead of herself in any important queue .
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