"So where have you been for the last month with my baby, Jamie?" Elise asked. "With Cathy? Surprise, surprise, that didn't last long. And now you want to come back. It's for Lisa, right? So she can grow up with both of us, right? Bullshit. You need a place to stay after the nightmare of your ex-wife. What better place to go than you're ex-lover's apartment? Like I would let you in, Jamie. How dare you think that? How dare you?"
"Elise," I said, "I just wanted to talk to you about custody terms. I'm going to live in the city for as long as I can. We'll keep her alternating two weeks until the paperwork comes in. Do you agree or not?"
"I agree," Elise said with pursed lips.
"I'm glad. Do you want to keep her for two weeks now or not?" I asked calmly. "Or would you rather keep her for a month, and then we'll start the two weeks alternating?"
"You take her, my apartment isn't baby ready yet. I'll take her in two weeks. You better bring her back, Jamie," Elise said and then she closed the door. I chuckled at her sudden caring- or feigning caring- and walked around a while. Lisa had fallen asleep and I sat on a bench and watched her sleep. She was a perfect little angel. She didn't know anything about harming people or anything bad. Babies didn't know any of that stuff yet. They don't know what it's like to…wait a minute. I rushed the nearest Starbucks. I ordered coffee and plugged in my laptop. I started writing everything I was thinking, feeling, doing anything. I just started writing. I must have ordered about a dozens cups of coffee to keep me awake. I stayed until they closed up. I read over what I wrote and titled my new piece of work: Babies, Wives and Other Miracles.
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