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“Material wise, maybe, but not the things that really mattered. Not the things of the heart.” Teri countered.
“Clark, you came to me at a time when I was very vulnerable, when I really needed some one. You rescued me from my loneliness. You brought passion back into my life and for that I am eternally grateful. But that’s where it ends. Bill has come back to me. Our sex life is wonderful again. He has changed, really changed, and I think so have I. Our marriage is better, stronger now than it has ever been. Please Clark, you have to let me go.”
It was the last few words that Clark heard and took to heart. He had come to realize this little charade had come to an end. He cared for Teri, but he could see that she was determined to stay with Bill. He couldn’t hurt this beautiful creature anymore than he could hurt himself.
Clark turned and looked out over the water. He looked out into the horizon. “Alright, Teri, if that’s the way you want it. I can’t say that I didn’t see this coming. I had suspected this would be your choice after you ran out on me the last time. You were so horrified at the realization that you had slept with me. And then when you didn’t respond to my emails, well, I figured you were through.”
“Oh, by the way, your email address at school is listed in your school board’s directory. And Dean mentioned your birthday to me.”
“Thanks,” she said as she slapped him playfully with the flowers.
“There’s one more thing, I want you to know this, and hear it from me. With Dean around you are bound to find out anyway.” She moved beside him and looked out over the water too. “I’m going to have a baby.”
Clark stood there motionless and listened.
“I’m about 4 weeks pregnant. That would put it the weekend of my, mine and Bill’s that is, anniversary. I’m positive the baby is his. We made love twice that day before you, and a couple of times the day after. Right after that, Bill and I talked about having another baby. He asked me for it. He wants this baby as badly as I do.”
“Well, it looks like you are going to have everything, Teri. I wish you luck and congratulations on your baby.”
“Don’t worry, if and when I see Bill again, knowing Dean, I probably will, I won’t ruin it for you and I won’t get into a fight with him or anything. I’ll be cordial, friendly even. After all, we share a best friend.” “And we both love the same woman,” he added.
He turned to face her and said, “Go put the flowers in water. Say you bought yourself some at the grocery store.” “For the baby.” He added.
Clark smiled at her one last time and then turned and walked away. He had set her free.
Almost two years later, Teri stood in the dining room of her house where a few friends and family had come to celebrate her daughter’s first birthday. She looked around the room at all that was gathered there, Bill, their two boys, two sets of grandparents and their best friends, Sharon and Dean. Teri looked at Sharon and Dean and couldn’t help but smile at them as she thought about how all of this had come about. Somehow, she told herself, all this might not have been possible if it weren’t for them and that fateful trip to Vermont they had suggested.
Teri looked into her daughter’s ice blue eyes and got misty eyed. She had her daddy’s eyes that turned a deep shade of green whenever she was sad. Her daughter’s dark red hair was already forming into ringlets. They named her Grace because she was their salvation. Amazing Grace, how sweet she is. Besides her mother, she is the light of her father’s eye because she looks just like her beautiful mother.
