One night after returning from classes there was a knock on my door.Jeff, the only tenant in the building that I even remotely knew, told me there had... been a girl looking for me earlier in the day.“Who was it?” I asked, my breathing intensified.“I don’t know dude, but she knocked on our door and asked if we knew where you lived,” Jeff said. “I told her your apartment number,but that you have late classes on Monday and wouldn’t be home until after 9:00.”“Uh, okay. What did she look like?” I. I believe you." He paced around the room, absent-mindedly picked up a paperweight, put it back down on the desk. "OK," he said finally. "I think I know how to handle both problems at once. Send Slackjaws in here."Paul pressed the button on the intercom. "Trudy," he said, "ask Mr. Nelson to step into the office. Tell him Jay wants to see him right away. Tell him it's important." He released the intercom button, sat back in his chair. "What've you got in mind?" he said. Paul's eyes were shining.. I was so happy. I was finally a mother.Then all of a sudden the baby glowed again!More memories were passing through me. I had a really nice baby shower.All my family and friends were there. The day my water broke and theambulance ride to the hospital, the day I finally got to bring him home.When I learned he had to stay a few more days. I was devastated. Thedeath of my boyfriend just a few days before our son was born. I wasstill reeling from his death. My son is the only memory of him left.I. Thank you for your understanding.))You slam the door behind you and lean against it, staring into the middle-distance across your one-bedroom apartment. You can hear the melancholy symphony of the raindrops behind the door, occasionally accompanied by the sound of rolling thunder. You don’t bother taking off your coat, letting droplets of water drip onto the floor. You look at the clock mounted on the wall. It’s a quarter-past midnight but you aren’t tired at all, at least not in the sleepy.
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