Anna would be eternally grateful for Joseph"s sensitive response to her news, his arms around her neck, his soothing words as she sobbed bitterly, his refusal to blame her for the forthcoming change in their circumstances. "Conceived in a sand dune," he mused, once her crying ceased and she was seated at the kitchen table, drinking the mug of tea he"d made. "That"ll be something out of the ordinary to reveal at his or her twenty-first birthday party."
Despite her fear of the future, a smile surfaced as she acknowledged that his devotion remained undimmed; they would work together to overcome the obstacles an unplanned pregnancy had created. Money would be tight once she gave up work, but in the interim they could save more, cancel the holiday – at least they hadn"t booked anything – find
