In which Stella contemplates her future. Lowering my duffel bag to the subway floor, I adjusted Cooper against my front as I took a seat, clutching him close to my chest with one arm as Dani slid into the plastic chair beside me. “Hey, thanks for coming with me,” she said, scooting her butt as far back as possible. “Oh, no worries, I’m excited,” I assured her. I was always looking for fun ways to stay fit, so when Dani asked if I wanted to come to her ballet class, I had happily agreed. My only concern was Cooper, who I didn’t want to get a babysitter for just so that I could go work out, but she had told me that the place we were going had a daycare center, so everything seemed to be falling into place. “How did you hear about this again?” “One of the women in my corporate law class

