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smile and told her how much they admired her, she had to smile back and tell them that being Annie's mother was her greatest joy in life. Her baby's laughter got her through the tough days and that Annie's company got her through the lonely nights.
    Yes, she was still lonely. The longing for the company of a man, in particular the longing for a reunion with Annie's father, was a persistent yearning that wouldn't go away no matter how determinedly Laura pushed on with her duties or how many weeks passed by. Meeting someone new now would be almost impossible with a newborn baby. The first question on everybody's lips whenever they met Annie was “Where's the father?” Laura never quite knew what to say, no matter how many times she was asked.
    In truth, as much as Laura longed for a partner to complete her family, she didn't feel she had the energy to try it all again. Men were difficult creatures who were so hard to find and even harder to hold onto, and Laura had a baby to look out for now. So she went on alone and sought company among friends and family to help ease her loneliness until thoughts of Daniel fell to the back of her mind and she found comfort in her routine and joy in her daughter.
    It was on one of her Saturday afternoon trips out with Sophie, that everything was turned upside down once again. The two friends had been walking down the street,  Laura pushing Annie in her stroller and Sophie cooing over her, when suddenly a familiar face in a café window caught Laura's eye and stopped her in her tracks.
    “What's wrong?” Sophie asked, coming to a stop beside her friend.
    “That's him!” Laura gasped.
    Sophie didn't need her to explain and pressed her face against the window so obviously that Laura had to take her by the arm and pull her back.
    “Don't!” Laura hissed. “You'll make him look this way!”
    “Aren't you going to talk to him?” Sophie urged her.
    “Of course,” Laura replied. “But he's in there with all his firemen buddies.”
    “Tough luck,” Sophie retorted scornfully. “His daughter is three months old and he's never even met her. I think this is worth interrupting his buddy time for.”
    Laura turned and smiled gently at Sophie. She laid a hand on her arm to calm her friend down before Sophie could be overtaken by her righteous anger, storm in, and sock Daniel in the face.
    “It's all right, Soph,” she soothed. “I've got this. I think maybe you should go home. I need to do this alone.”
    “Are you sure?” Sophie asked her emphatically. “This is kind of a big deal and you don't look the least bit overwhelmed.”
    “I think I'm in shock,” Laura admitted. “I didn't think I'd ever see him again.”
    “What are you going to say to him?”
    “What can I say?” Laura asked helplessly. “I can't not tell him about Annie. I'm just going to have to come clean.”
    “Well, don't let him worm his way out of it,” Sophie said sternly. “Make sure he doesn't give you a fake number and skip town again.”
    “It's not like he went to Colorado to get away from me,” Laura told her. “He didn't know about the baby then.”
    “He's in for a surprise , then,” Sophie said.
    “Please Sophie, go home,” Laura said softly. “I've got this. I'll call you as soon as it's over.”
    Sophie didn't look pleased to be leaving Laura with this monster of a man who had impregnated her best friend and left her in the lurch, but she respected Laura enough to let her do things her own way and agreed to leave her to talk to him.
    “You know where I am if you need me,” she told her. “And no matter what happens with Daniel, you've still got the rest of us.”
    Sophie gave Laura a supportive hug and headed off down the sidewalk, leaving Laura to face Daniel alone. She stood for a few moments outside the café holding onto Annie's stroller and looking through the glass window at Daniel laughing and joking with his friends. He looked just as Laura remembered him; strong, handsome,