Chapter 31

"RINNGGGG...RINNNNGGG" The shrill ringing of the phone rang out into
the dark room.

"Awww.... Jeff can you get that?" Corinne moaned as the irritating
sound reached her ears.

"Huh? What?" Jeff mumbled as he rose from the bed, fumbling about the
room in a disoriented state. CRASH!

"Shit!" Jeff yelled out as he bumped into a table.

"Hello?"

"Jeff? Is Corinne there? This is Vince."

"Hang on a sec...Sweetie, it's for you." Jeff said, handing her he
portable phone before climbing back into bed.

"Hello?" Corinne said disjointedly.

"Corinne? This is Vince. I need you to come into the office for
Stephanie. She just had the baby. It's a boy, and he's named Vincent
after me." Vince said proudly.

"Oh my god. That's great Vince, congratulations. How's Stephanie?"

"She's doing great. She's so excited about the baby and wants you to
visit as soon as you can."

"I will. I'll be in Stamford as soon as I can. Congratulations."
Corinne hung up the phone and sat down on the bed.

"Jeff...Jeff." Corinne said shaking Jeff awake to tell him the news.

"Yeah baby?" Jeff mumbled, pulling her back down into the bed with
him.

"Jeff!" Corinne yelled as he began kissing her neck.

"Stephanie just had her baby!"

"You're kidding...that's awesome!" Jeff said.

"Yup...little Vince Jr."

"Damn...they named it Vince...hmmm I wonder if I'll be working for him
someday."

"Maybe..." Corinne said thoughtfully.

"What are you thinking about?" Jeff said.

"Oh...I have to go to Stamford by like tomorrow to take over Steph's
work. So no appearances for me next week...well indefinitely."

"Indefinitely huh? Does this mean you'll be staying in Stamford
indefinitely too?" Jeff said, sitting up on his bed.

"Well yeah...but that's okay right?"

"When am I going to see you?"

"Jeff...stop it. I'm going to fly over to wherever you are at least
once a week." Corinne said rising from the bed.

"Yeah but..."

"Jeff, stop. It's not like I'm leaving the country. I'll still be
here."

"Yeah...but I mean for the past seven months I've woken up everyday
with you right next to me. Doesn't that mean anything to you?" Jeff
said getting up from the bed apprehensively.

"Jeff...of course it means something to me. These past few months have
been amazing, but you knew as Stephanie's assistant I would have to
take over for her for a few months after the baby was born." Corinne
said placidly.

Jeff knew that he was blowing the situation out of proportion. It
wasn't really, Corinne's taking over for Stephanie that bothered him,
it was the fact that she didn't seem upset about the fact that they
wouldn't be together as much as they had been.

"Jeff..." Corinne said quietly.

"Yeah?"

"You have to know how much our living together means to me. But this
is my job. Even if I don't like the fact that I won't wake up next to
you everyday, I have to do it. You understand that don't you?"

"Yeah. I'm sorry I'm being such an ass about this. I don't know what's
wrong with me today."

"It's okay. Look, Amy and Matt are coming over today, you want me to
call them and we can just spend the whole day together. Just you and
me okay?"

"No. Don't do that. It's okay. I'm fine. I just need to get some
coffee." Jeff responded. He got up and went to the kitchen before she
could say another word.