"I wish you were the father," I told her. We laughed and I cried again. Finally, I fell asleep on the couch and when I woke up a few hours later, Liz had covered me up with the afghan and left me a note telling me she'd gone out with some girls from work. She was such a worry-wart that at the bottom of the note it said, "Do Not Hesitate To Call If You Need Me!" She is a good friend. I got up and went in to do my nightly ritual of face washing and moisturizing etc. The whole time, I kept wondering if I should call Jason and at least feel him out about the baby. As I said, I wasn't expecting us to get back together and I wasn't going to ask him for anything, but I had this silly idea that if I told him, he'd be so happy that he'd want to be a part of it and then I wouldn't have to

