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"Stop," I said, "I don't want to hear any more."
"I'm sorry," she said after a minute. She got up and made tea.
We were sitting there sipping it when she had another brainstorm.
"What do they want? You've been asking that yourself. What are breasts
for, anyway?"
"Sex and babies," I said.
We looked at each other. We looked away. All those lunches and we had
never talked about it. I bet she only knew what she read in books too.
 She stared at the braided rug on the floor. "Were you ... protected?"
I stared at the floor too. "I don't think so."
"They have tests you can do at home now."
I thought it was Burl's, so my breasts and I went to visit him. "You talk
to them," I said. "If they think you're the father, maybe they won't beat
you up anymore. Maybe they're just fending off all other comers."
Between the three of them they reached an arrangement. I moved into
that penthouse apartment.
I shudder to think what they'll do when the baby comes.




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