Chapter Three – Mixed Emotions
A while later as Charlotte dressed after a shower, she stood in front of the mirror just gazing at her slim hips, waist and tummy. Could it be that she was expecting hers and Harry's baby? She ran a hand over her tummy and whispered, "Are you in there baby Goldenblatt?"
She sighed softly and continued to get dressed, to go and meet the girls for brunch.
Charlotte walked through into the living room and smiled as she saw Harry, surrounded by toys, playing with a giggling Mae. In that moment, she hoped more than ever that the virtually impossible had happened and that she was pregnant.
"Are you ok honey?" Harry's words broke her daydream and brought her back to earth
"I'm fine" Charlotte said snapping out of her trance She glanced at the clock and noticed that she was going to be late " Gosh, look at the time!" she gasped. "I have to be going!"
She hugged and kissed Mae. She usually took Mae along with her for brunch but today she felt that she had a little too much on her mind to give her daughter the attention she deserved.
She straightened up and smiled at Harry "You sure you're ok?" he questioned, obviously worried about his wife's state of mind. Charlotte smiled widely at Harry, and moved in to kiss him on the cheek "for the last time honey, I'm fine!" She kissed him lovingly then scuttled out of the apartment to meet with the girls for brunch.
Charlotte virtually drifted down the streets of the Upper East Side, lost in mixed up thoughts and emotions, debating private arguments in her head. Despite numerous New Yorkers strolling leisurely around Manhattan's streets, Charlotte only seemed to notice families with young children, new mom's pushing strollers and gazing lovingly at their precious new borns, pregnant women practically glowing despite the cold gloom of New York in November. Her predicament was all she could think about. So lost in thought that she was, Charlotte almost walked right by the coffee shop where her best friends Carrie, Miranda and Samantha were waiting for her. It almost came as a relief to her as she opened the door to the welcoming smell of food and sound of light airy chatter, and was greeted warmly by her friends.