ONCE THEY’RE HOME AND get Claudia settled down to sleep, Alex drags himself into their room and flops face-first into his pillow.
“Are you okay?” Paul sits down on the bed next to him.
Alex raises his head to squint at him and brushes his hair out of his eyes.
“I’m tired. I’m horny. I’m so glad to be home. I’m so glad you’re home. But mostly, I would like to not talk about anything involving our friends who we are way too close to or about the neighbor’s house that is not actually for sale. So you should stop worrying at it. Any of it. And shhhhhh.”
“Shhhhh?” Paul wants to point out that Alex is being overly dramatic about family matters but suspects this is not the time.
“Just be quiet with me. I haven’t had this in months.”
“Had what?”
Alex rolls his eyes. “You. Us. Our baby. Our
