Chapter 3
Grace had just hung up the phone with her divorce attorney. Everything seemed to be going rather well. Leo wasn't asking for hardly anything, but she would have to move out. Maybe she could live with Will again.
As she sat thinking of the places she could move to the door to her office flung open and in walked a rather dazed, teary eyed Karen. Grace tilted her head and gazed at the helpless looking woman. "Karen, what's wrong?" She asked.
"Lyle. That bastard." Karen cursed. She lowered herself into her office chair, setting her purse on the ground beside her. She felt the hot tears welling in her eyes and she crossed her arms on her desk, resting her head on them.
"Oh, honey, what happened?" Grace got up off the stool she was sitting on and went to Karen. She kneeled down next to her and ran a hand through Karen's dark silky hair.
Karen turned her head so she was looking at Grace. "He wants to take everything." She whispered through tears.
"Didn't you sign that prenup."
"Oh, don't get me started with that. The twit had the nerve to not sign it!" Karen screamed and then buried her face into her arms, crying more uncontrollably.
"Sweetie that's awful." Grace wrapped her arms around Karen's middle and leaned in, kissing her arm. "I'm here." She whispered into Karen's shirt.
Karen turned, wrapping her arms around Grace, latching on to her.

"Jack, she won't talk to anybody."
"Should I come home?"

"Karen?" Karen had been lying with her back to the door. She was tired and a bit out of it from crying for so long. Her face had to be puffy, her eyes swollen; she didn't want to see what she looked like at the present moment. But when she heard the voice from the door she slowly turned and looked. Hoping it was who she thought it was. "Kare."
"Jackie." She whispered, holding out her arms for him. He went to her, wrapping his arms around her and hugging her. After several moments they parted. Jack looked into Karen's eyes. "There's something you don't know." She said after a moment of silence.
"If it's about Lyle, that bastard, I know. Grace told me on the phone."
"No," Karen turned away for a second. Preparing for what came next. Jack looked questionably at her. "Jack, I'm pregnant."
"What?" Jack thought he had heard her wrong.
"I'm pregnant." She looked down, tears welling in her eyes. But before Jack could say anything she looked up, "Jack, not a word to anyone! I haven't told the lawyers or Lyle. They don't need to know."
"Karen, that's wrong. What if Lyle finds out later?"
"Honey, I know. But I don't want Lyle to have anything to do with it."
"How are you going to hide it?"
"I don't know, but that's the least of my worries. Jackie, he wants to take everything! He's a gold digger. Devil, I should have seen it coming." Karen was hysterical.
"Calm down."

"How can I? He wants me out of my own home!"

"Do you have your legal council set up?"

"Yes, I'm not a complete idiot!"

"Don't worry Kare, I'll be there in court to support you all the way" holding her hands to comfort her. Suddenly a question popped into Jacks head. "You are actually having the baby aren't you Karen?" Jack had never thought of Karen as a mother, she was just his money source.

"Well I never really thought about abortion at all, I just assumed I was going to have it, which is weird as I never really thought I would have children."

"Great! We can raise him/her up together, if it's a girl teach her how to kiss guys, if its a boy, teach him how to kiss guys, give them fashion advice, dress them up and..."

"Hold on a second Mary, before you go dressing up my kid you need to help me make sure Lyle doesn't get one bit of the Manns!"

"Ok sorry, well first of all we need to get you cleaned up for the baby, and then think about court."

"What?" Karen looked up at him.