Michael's proposal had caused an upheaval in Stephanie's life, enough for the young assistant to ask her boss for some time to think it over. What perhaps had most impacted her was not Michael's strange and lengthy explanation of whether he had or had not been pursuing the skirt of his previous assistant, whether Magda had distorted the story or what excuse he used to end his relationship with Dayana, and whether she, Stephanie, was included in that story or not, but the fact that Mr. Hanks, the highly respected lawyer with whom every law student aspired to work one day, was capable of throwing her out on the street while three - or more - lives were gestating in her womb.
After Michael had left and after taking a shower, Stephanie took out her phone and researched the truth of what her -
