“Did Maggie tell you she was leaving?”

“No, she didn’t,” Nadia assured Stephen. “She must have thought I’d talk her out of it. I don’t think she knows what she wants. She’s just a pregnant scared girl running home to Mom.”

“That’s what I don’t get. She doesn’t even like her Mom.”

“Well,” Nadia said wryly, “There is something magnetic about Mommy when you’re in crisis. It’s positively atavistic. She’ll be back in a week.”

“I feel like such a shit.”

“You should, Stephen. She deserved better from you.”

“All right, I’m an asshole. What now?”

“Give her some time.”

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