The same thing happened with the first condom. Unable to believe her own eyes or what common sense was telling her, she took out a third condom and returned to the room. She turned off the center light, pulled the condom over the light bulb, and turned on the light. A thin ray of light broke through the miniature hole, barely visible to the naked eye. So all those stories about mutual honesty were just a cover for one ugly manipulation? Rick cheated on her just to get pregnant and provide him with an heir, not because he loved her or because something inadvertent happened! Oh god, how could she turn out so stupid? How could she be so gullible and naive? As she removed the condoms and tossed them in the trash can and covered them with crumpled papers so they could not be seen, she failed to
