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Оглавление“We’ll get married,” he blurted. “Right away, as soon as you want.”
The declaration caught him completely off guard and he added, “You can move to Chicago. I’ll take care of you and the baby and...”
Horrified didn’t come close to describing her expression.
“What?” he asked.
“Oh, gee, Jack. We hardly even know one another, for one thing.”
“Emily, we’ve known each other for years.”
“All right, then,” she said. “What’s my favorite color?”
He looked her up and down, as though her wardrobe might offer up a clue. “Yellow?”
“Wrong. What’s my middle name? When’s my birthday?” she asked, relentlessly hammering her point home.
Again, he had no idea, none whatsoever.
“See? You don’t know anything about me, but you think getting married is a good idea. You think I should walk away from my family and my job and everything I’ve ever known, follow you to Chicago, waiting for you to get unbusy enough to be a husband and a father?”
“I don’t know, Emily. We’re going to be parents, and I’m trying to do the right thing.”
