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walking her in the direction of the
bathroom. 
         “Antonio.”
         “Now Baby, please don’t beg, you’ll swell my head—literally,”
he teases with a grimace, adjusting himself to relieve the pressure his
expanding manhood is making against his zipper.

 
     
    Chapter 6
     
     
         “You’re looking so much better sweetheart; you finally have
roses back in your cheeks.”  Mrs. Walters smiles, brushing Kathy’s thick long titian
hair in slow soothing strokes, her eyes glowing with thankfulness to see her
daughter alive and recovering quite nicely.
         “I miss my baby mom,” Kathy whispers, thinking about William,
but unable to voice those feelings.  “I want to hold my baby.”
         Mrs. Walters pauses mid-stroke.  “I know we haven’t talked
about…well, you know…about William Bentini.  I don’t think it’s a good idea to
bring Will—”
         Ignoring the mention of William’s name, Kathy lashes out at
her mother, “Mom, I need my baby!  I want her here!  Now!” she cries, hiding
her face in her hands.
         “Kathy please, calm down.  Getting yourself all worked up can’t
be good for you.”
         “I don’t care.”
         “Kathy think about what you’re asking.”
         “I just want to hold her mom.”
         “I know you do sweetheart and you will.  But please don’t
bring her here…the situation with William Bentini and his mother is so uncertain.” 
Seeing that she isn’t having much success getting Kathy to see things her way,
Mrs. Walters tries another tactic, “I have an idea…as soon as you’re released,
you come back home with us.  I will take care of you and you can have some much
need time with—”
         “Kathy, guess who’s coming down the hall?”  Emily bursts into
the room out of breath.
         “Who, the Easter bunny?”  Emily ignores her sister’s sarcasm
understanding that Kathy is still cross with her for telling William Bentini
about the baby.  “No silly, Mrs. Bentini, and she looks like a woman on a
mission.”
         There is a brief rap on the door and suddenly Mrs. Bentini is
standing in the middle of the room looking as Emily said –like a woman on a
mission.
         “Hello, I’m Marella Bentini,” she introduces herself walking
forward to shake Mrs. Walters’s hand.  She gives Emily a cursory glance, before
focusing her attention on the woman on the bed, “Katherine, may I speak with
you privately?”
         Receiving Kathy’s silent nod, Mrs. Walters excuses herself and
Emily, “We’ll just go down to the cafeteria for a quick bite.”  Then meeting
the older woman’s eyes, she warns, “But I’ll be right back.”
         As soon as they leave the room, Mrs. Bentini’s nonchalant
attitude melts.  “Katherine. It’s good to see you awake and almost back on your
feet.”
         “Thank you,” Kathy replies quietly.
         Niceties over, Mrs. Bentini, launches into the main reason for
the visit, “William told us about the two of you.”
         Not sure how much she knows Kathy attempts to prevaricate, “About
the two of us?”
         “Yes. That the two of you have been sneaking behind my back
having a sordid little affair.”
         “Mrs. Bentini…I’m sorry,” Kathy refuses to meet the anger in
her employer’s eyes.
         “I don’t believe that you are Katherine because apparently you
have been deceiving me for years.” Kathy remains silent, believing that she
deserves the scathing condemnation.  “I don’t understand how you could look me
in the face every day and lie.  How can you justify that Katherine?” Mrs.
Bentini demands to know.
         “I can’t,” is the dejected reply.  “My only defense is that I
love your son and I believe he loves me.”
         “You don’t have the right to love him, Katherine.  He is
promised to someone else.  He is engaged to marry someone else.  Have you