She must have heard wrong; a slight problem with her ears. “We should do what?”
But Maddie repeated it as firmly and confidently as the first time, “I said, we should pin it on Giovanni.”
Nothing was wrong with her ears, after all. “Do you know what that means?”
“I do,” came the assured reply. “Do you?”
Vickie held her friend's gaze. “It means I'll have to sleep with him.”
“Yes.”
She turned away. “That's—that's even crazier than the abortion suggestion.”
“Yes, but you have to choose one. We need a solution and we need it fast.”
“But how? I barely even see him. Not only that, it's cruel, don't you think? What if he finds out later on? This could blow into something bigger in the future.”
Maddie fixed her with a bored look. “Yeah. Let's worry about the now and the consequences of th
