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that child into your home with open arms? I don’t think I can do that, Rhoda. Pee Wee having an affair is one thing; him making a baby with another woman is another. Do you think he would want to get back with me if I was pregnant with another man’s child?”
    Rhoda’s silence spoke volumes. Early in her marriage, during her affair with Ian “Bully” Bullard, her husband’s best friend, she had become pregnant with Bully’s child. Unfortunately, the little boy died when he was a toddler. To this day, as far as I knew, I was the only person, other than Rhoda, who knew about her indiscretion.
    â€œYou know what I mean, I hope. I didn’t mean to bring up bad memories for you. I’m sorry,” I apologized.
    â€œYou don’t have to apologize for anything,” Rhoda told me. I could tell by the way her voice suddenly dropped that she was getting emotional. “What I did happened a long time ago. I was very young and very foolish. And there was no excuse for me bein’ so careless that I would get pregnant by another man. I’ve learned to live with what I did, and I still think of that child as a blessin’ from God. With that in mind, I can only imagine how that baby boy would have enriched my life if he had lived.” Rhoda stopped talking long enough to exhale. “Now, I know you don’t want to hear this, but you might one day look at Lizzie’s child by Pee Wee as a blessin’.”
    The next thought that entered my mind was that Rhoda had lost her mind. She knew how badly I’d been hurt by Pee Wee’s affair. Why would she think I would ever look at his love child as a blessing? “A blessing? Woman, have you lost your damn mind?”
    â€œNo, I have not lost my mind,” Rhoda said calmly.
    â€œYou must have! What makes you—of all people—think that I’d ever look at my husband having a baby with another woman as a blessing?” I was sorry that Rhoda was not in the same room with me. If she could have seen the look of disgust on my face because of what she’d just said, she would have taken back every single word. Despite how I was feeling right now, one of the many things that I loved about Rhoda was that when I approached her with a problem, she approached it with caution. But she was being a little too cautious for me right now. “I know how close you and Pee Wee are. But whose side are you on?”
    â€œAnnette, honey, I’m on your side. You know I’m always on your side when you have a crisis. Pee Wee will always be my boy, but my first allegiance is to you. You know I’ve got your back no matter what.”
    â€œThen act like it. Don’t say any more stupid shit like what you just said!”
    â€œAnnette, please be quiet and let me finish. First of all, I am sorry to hear that that woman is pregnant with Pee Wee’s child. But let’s not jump the gun.”
    â€œMeaning what?”
    â€œWell, first of all, we don’t know for sure if Lizzie is tellin’ the truth,” Rhoda pointed out.
    â€œAll right. We don’t know if Lizzie is telling the truth about being pregnant, or telling the truth about Pee Wee being the daddy?”
    â€œBoth.”
    â€œI will find out for sure soon enough!” I boomed. “Just when I thought things were going so well between Pee Wee and me, now this.” Lizzie’s announcement had hit me like an atomic bomb. “Rhoda, I don’t know if I can get through this in one piece,” I admitted.
    â€œYou can and you will,” she assured me. “Because I am goin’ to make sure that you do.”
    â€œI really appreciate your saying that,” I managed, feeling slightly better.
    â€œAnnette, I really am truly sorry about what’s been goin’ on between you and Pee Wee. And it’s normal for you to be upset right now, but let’s look at the whole picture.”
    â€œI think we are