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Danse Macabre :: Гамильтон Лорел
Страница: 4 из 427Of course, today everything was getting on my nerves.
«Until I know for sure, I don't want them to know.»
«Even if it's yes, Anita, you don't have to tell them. I'll close up my agency for a few days. We'll go away on a girls' retreat, and you can come back without a problem.»
I pushed my hair back so I could see her clearly. I think my face showed what I was thinking, because she said, «What?»
«Are you honestly saying that I don't tell any of them? That I just go away for a while and make sure that there's no baby to worry about?»
«It's your body,» she said.
«Yeah, and I took my chances by having sex with this many men on a regular basis.»
«You're on the pill,» she said.
«Yeah, and if I'd wanted to be a hundred percent safe I'd have still used condoms, but I didn't. If I'm… pregnant, then I'll deal, but not like that.»
«You can't mean you'd keep it.»
I shook my head. «I'm not even sure I'm pregnant, but if I was, I couldn't not tell the father. I'm in a committed relationship with several of them. I'm not married, but we live together. We share a life. I couldn't just make this kind of choice without talking to them first.»
She shook her head. «No man ever wants you to get an abortion if you're in a relationship. They always want you barefoot and pregnant.»
«That's your mother's issues talking, not yours. Or at least not mine.»
She looked away, wouldn't meet my eyes. «I can tell you what I'd do, and it wouldn't involve telling Louie.»
I sighed and stared out the little window above the sink. A lot of things to say went through my head, none of them helpful. I finally settled for, «Well, it isn't you and Louie having this particular problem. It's me, and…»
«And who?» she said. «Who got you knocked up?»
«Thanks for putting it that way.»
«I could ask, who's the father, but that's just creepy. If you are, then it's this little tiny, microscopic lump of cells. It's not a baby. It's not a person, not yet.»
I shook my head. «We'll agree to disagree on that one.»
«You're pro-choice,» she said.
I nodded. «Yep, I am, but I also believe that abortion is taking a life. I agree women have the right to choose, but I also think that it's still taking a life.»
«That's like saying you're pro-choice and pro-life. You can't be both.
«Until I know for sure, I don't want them to know.»
«Even if it's yes, Anita, you don't have to tell them. I'll close up my agency for a few days. We'll go away on a girls' retreat, and you can come back without a problem.»
I pushed my hair back so I could see her clearly. I think my face showed what I was thinking, because she said, «What?»
«Are you honestly saying that I don't tell any of them? That I just go away for a while and make sure that there's no baby to worry about?»
«It's your body,» she said.
«Yeah, and I took my chances by having sex with this many men on a regular basis.»
«You're on the pill,» she said.
«Yeah, and if I'd wanted to be a hundred percent safe I'd have still used condoms, but I didn't. If I'm… pregnant, then I'll deal, but not like that.»
«You can't mean you'd keep it.»
I shook my head. «I'm not even sure I'm pregnant, but if I was, I couldn't not tell the father. I'm in a committed relationship with several of them. I'm not married, but we live together. We share a life. I couldn't just make this kind of choice without talking to them first.»
She shook her head. «No man ever wants you to get an abortion if you're in a relationship. They always want you barefoot and pregnant.»
«That's your mother's issues talking, not yours. Or at least not mine.»
She looked away, wouldn't meet my eyes. «I can tell you what I'd do, and it wouldn't involve telling Louie.»
I sighed and stared out the little window above the sink. A lot of things to say went through my head, none of them helpful. I finally settled for, «Well, it isn't you and Louie having this particular problem. It's me, and…»
«And who?» she said. «Who got you knocked up?»
«Thanks for putting it that way.»
«I could ask, who's the father, but that's just creepy. If you are, then it's this little tiny, microscopic lump of cells. It's not a baby. It's not a person, not yet.»
I shook my head. «We'll agree to disagree on that one.»
«You're pro-choice,» she said.
I nodded. «Yep, I am, but I also believe that abortion is taking a life. I agree women have the right to choose, but I also think that it's still taking a life.»
«That's like saying you're pro-choice and pro-life. You can't be both.