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Plans
Meredith
I DIDN’T HAVE TO THINK about Mike’s proposal for too long. It made sense in so many ways. We would be having a child together. He was a caring thoughtful father to Sukey. We were involved in the establishment of the Maynard Center together. His parents would be thrilled, his mother at least. Sukey, the new baby and I would be protected should anything untoward happen to Mike. The only rub was my reluctance to have s*x with Mike. It wasn’t that I didn’t fancy him. In fact, we are sexually compatible and that’s important. But it was a lingering feeling of distaste for the fact that he hadn’t told me who he was before we slept together. I do give him credit for keeping his distance for weeks before that one time and since, but I didn’t like feeling guilty for being disloy
