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silky skin and looking into her dark eyes.    She wore her thick hair either in an afro or twists that she would pin up or let hang loosely.  Seeing her now, though, she was just so fine.   Her smooth, nut-brown skin was a smooth as ever and her dark eyes could still draw him in.   Her shoulder-length dreadlocks were black and thick and luscious.  As he sat there looking at her computer image, he couldn’t get one question out of his mind:  Why?  Why had she ended things as abruptly as she did?  Why didn’t she tell him she was pregnant.  Surely she had to know that he loved her?  Why had she not attempted to call him?  Before Elliott realized it, it was after midnight.  He turned off his device and went to bed. 
     
    Chapter 11
    Just as Renee had finished meeting with one of the center’s clients, Liza was walking in.  “Hey, sunshine,” Liza said cheerily as she walked into Renee’s office.  Renee gave Liza a hug and said “Seems like I haven’t seen you in ages.  What have you been up to?”  Renee told Liza that Kayla and Matt had lunch with Elliott.  “That’s not all, though, Liza.   Elliott’s parents are in town.  They all had lunch together and Kayla said she and Matt are going to his place for a cookout this weekend.  “Oh, yeah,” Renee said “Elliott’s parents are here, too.”   Liza’s eyes widened and she said “Really?  When did they get here?”  Renee told her that she wasn’t sure, but she imagined that Elliott called them shortly after that day in her office.  “Well, now,” Liza said, grinning, as she leaned back in the chair she was sitting in.  “What to do now?”  Renee looked at her over her black rimmed eyeglasses and said “What do you mean?  There is nothing for me to do.  Kay and Matt are spending time with their dad and grandparents.   Liza looked at Renee for a minute before saying “You know good and well Elliott’s parents are not going to leave without seeing you.  Remember, you told me how well you got along with them, and how much they liked you?  I can’t imagine that they would not want to see the mother of their grandchildren.  Renee sat silently.  She had not allowed herself to really think about seeing Elliott or his parents.  The thought of them being in the same room together after all this time and after all that has happened was just too overwhelming.  As if she had read her mind, Liza leaned over Renee’s cluttered desk and said “I know it will be awkward seeing them. “  Renee said “Wait, you are getting way ahead, now.  Nobody has said anything about us getting together for any kind of meeting, awkward or otherwise.  Like I said before, the kids are spending time with Elliott and their grandparents.  That’s all.”  Liza shrugged her shoulders and said “Okay, but I’m just saying.”  Renee changed the subject and asked Liza what she and Joe had been up to.  “Girl, get this,” Liza said, “Do you know he mentioned something to me about having a baby?”  Now it was Renee’s eyes that got wide.  “What!  I mean, what did you say,” Renee said trying to keep her voice down.  “He said it half jokingly, but I think he was actually serious.  I just played it off and told him that if he thinks he is going to get around taking me on my trip to Spain by getting me pregnant, he could forget about it.”  Renee laughed and said, “So basically what you are telling me is that you two have been sexing like crazy.  Well, since I don’t have a sex life, I’ll just live vicariously through yours.”  They laughed and Renee said “Seriously, would you have another baby?”  Liza said, “When he brought it up, it was so out of the blue for me.  I have not even been thinking about another kid.  I mean, I’m so busy right now, not to mention the fact that we already have two grown children.  I do not want to be one of those women having a change of life baby, you know?”    Renee