“Jessica told me all of this, of course, and she cut off all contact with Amanda. And that just made Amanda angrier. She started showing up at the house – she had the address from the furniture delivery – and shouting at Jess that she was a bad mother. That she and I didn’t deserve a baby. That the baby deserved parents who’d love it.” “Did she call the police?” Cordelia asked. Not that it made any difference, in the end. “Yeah, I told her to, and her Mom backed me up, thank Christ. The cops said they couldn’t do anything about a crazy woman over-interested a pregnancy, beyond giving her a stern warning.” Cordelia sighed. “Yeah.” “And to be honest, I wasn’t as worried as I should have been,” he said softly, finally confessing his deepest regret about what had happened, telling someone

