Chapter 2

"We made some real progress yesterday."

I nod and look around the room. One wall was completely covered by awards. 'What a way to intimidate you.'

"So Miss Taggart, you told me yesterday that you were pregnant with someone else's baby. Does anyone know?"

I shake my head "I haven't told the father yet. I work with him, so its kind of hard to find the right time."

The psychiatrist nods "Does your boyfriend know?"

I stare at her as if she's crazy "Yeah that would be a sure way to smooth things over between us. I'll just tell him that I'm pregnant with another mans baby."

"Okay, okay... I get your point. Does this other man know that you are in a relationship?"

"Yeah... I didn't mean to sleep with him. I was just caught up in the moment... I had a fight with Greg that morning, about who knows what. The whole day I felt that it was going to be my last. I couldn't concentrate at work. He noticed and asked if I wanted to talk. Me being desperate said yes. We went back to his place and..."

"Sit down." Sam went over to the couch and sat down. "Thanks Luka... you didn't have to do this. I mean... you know."

Luka went over and sat down next to Sam and placed a hand on her knee "Its easy to tell that you have something on your mind. You've been out of it all day. I heard the nurses talking about how worried they were about you and I started to notice that I should have been worried too."

Sam looked up at him "What do you mean you should be worried too?"

Luka sighed "I ... I don't know. You look depressed. I know that ever since Alex was taken away things haven't been great between you and..."

Sam helps him out "Greg."

Luka continues "Right Greg. But I noticed today that there's more going on. Have you guys been okay?"

Sam shakes her head and puts her hand on the arm of the chair "No... We haven't been okay for a long time. All we do is fight. He blames me for Alex being taken away and I can't help but think he's right."

Tears start to well up in Sam's eyes and Luka stared into Sam's eyes earnestly, "You're not to blame Sam, do you hear me?" Sam just stared at him as a tear made its way down her cheek. Luka put his arm around her and pulled her into a hug. "You deserve better." He said gently.

They broke apart and looked into each other's eyes for a long time. Both Sam and Luka move in closer, and their lips touch lightly at first, and then the kiss deepened.

"I don't know... I guess I felt that if I kissed him, it would take everything away. But it didn't take anything away, it only made things harder."

The psychiatrist looks at me sympathetically. "What are you going to do?"

I rub my eyes and sigh, "I don't know... I really like Luka. I don't want to hurt him. But I do need to tell him I'm pregnant. I haven't seen him in work because he took a few days off for vacation, so that helped a lot. But what do I do when he comes back?"

She looks at me expectantly. "Do you think you could fall in love with this man?"

I nod "Yes... I think I could."

"Then you know what you have to do."

"Yeah... I don't know how to do it though. I don't want to break his heart by telling him this, I also don't want to make him angry."

"What are you going to do if he doesn't take the news well?"

I sigh. What can I do? "I ... I'll leave."