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new medical procedure, Dr. Eldon thought after studying Tally’s films sent by her previous doctor in New York, it might be possible. An ultrasound was needed to confirm this which was scheduled for today. I forgot. Shit.
    Tally’s sleeping but her eyelids flutter open when I come into the room carrying her plate of food. “What did Dr. Eldon say?”
    Silence.
    “I’m sorry. I forgot. I’m a jerk. Hate me. What did Dr. Eldon say?” I ask again.
    She sits up on her elbows and get this resigned look. She points towards the hallway. “The tub’s overflowing.”
    Sure enough water is streaming down the hallway flooding the floor as it goes. “Fuck.”
    I set down her plate of food and go shut the faucet off and partially drain the bath water and just start throwing towels everywhere to sop up the mess. I look up and find Tally standing in the doorway with a satisfied smirk on her lovely face. I grin back at her shaking my head. “Hey between the marinara mess downstairs and the water mess up here, and the fact that I did get our child fed and to sleep early, I think I’ve made up for it, at least a little.” She nods. “The bath is for you.”
    “I’m not ready to make up with you quite yet,” she says softly. “Don’t expect anything, Elvis.”
    “I know. So just take a bath. I’ll watch.”
    She strips off her top and slips out of her skirt and shimmies out of her black thong with the red bow which she knows I like very much. I suck in air while she gets this smirk as she struts naked past me and then lowers herself into the tub sloshing water over the sides. I throw yet another towel on the floor but like a good knave, I put one behind her neck while she leans back against the tub and closes her eyes. I proceed to lather up my hands with the lavender soap she likes then I start touching her beautiful body in all the right places.
    She has even more of a hint of a smile, so I know we’re going to get past this. I’m reborn on that news alone.
    “I’m sorry.” I trail the water with my soapy hands near her breasts.
    She opens her eyes and looks at me. “I’m sorry. I completely lost it. I was being a bitch and completely unfair to you. You have a game that you need to be ready for. I was out of line. So, I’m sorry.”
    “No need for you to be sorry.”
    “But you have a game,” she says wearily.
    “I’ll be ready. Let’s not talk about baseball tonight, okay? I want to talk about us. You, especially. I want to apologize. To you. You’re right. I’m sorry I haven’t been around and paying attention to things like I should. Your mom. Cara. Your family. Your job. The guest list. The wedding. I know you’ve had to handle it all. I’m sorry I haven’t been listening very well or paying any attention to the pressure you must feel in trying to do it all basically on your own since I’ve been gone so much. But let’s start with the last thing first.” She gives me a questioning look. “What did Dr. Eldon say?”
    Her face is wet but I see the single tear that trails down her face. “I’m sorry. I blew up at you. It’s really not you or baseball. It’s me. I screwed this up a long time ago and it is all coming back to haunt me now. I messed up and now I’m paying for it.” Tally sighs big. “She is no longer optimistic. It is highly unlikely I can get pregnant.”
    I catch her tear. “Don’t do this to yourself, Tal. Don’t. I love you. If we can’t have more kids so be it. It doesn’t change how I feel about you. It doesn’t . The most important thing is for us to be together. You and me. And Cara, of course. That’s it. Everything else is a bonus. You are my life.” I stand up and move to the door. “I’ll be right back.”
    I take a long moment in the master bedroom. Get it together. I can’t let Tally sense my disappointment at Dr. Eldon’s news. After a few minutes of stalling, I retrieve the plate of food and take it to her setting it down on the wide edge of the