After Matt left, Alex just didn’t feel like doing much. She got up every morning and headed to the barn. She helped her dad with whatever needed done each day then she went home. Whenever the phone rang, she jumped on it, hoping it would be Matt. She lived for his calls every evening. She’d been home maybe an hour on the third day when the phone rang. She didn’t even look at the caller id.
“Hello?”
“Alex?” Rebecca’s voice came over the line.
“Hey, how you doing?” She did her best to sound cheerful.
“I’m fat and sore and tired of being stuck in this bed.”
“But you want that baby to stay put as long as possible don’t you? You want a healthy little one, right?”
Rebecca sighed. “You’re right, I do.” She paused a moment. “How are you doing since Matt left?”
“I’m getting by.”
“Is that so
