A surprise call

CHARLES

If I had thought that booking a hotel for a month and giving Bianca some money was going to be the end of the interaction between she and I, or that at least, doing those things for her is going to limit our interaction, I’m sorely mistaken.

I paid for her to stay in a hotel for a month after she told me that she was pregnant, and during that time, I didn’t see much of her, which was just as well, but after the month was over, she presented herself at my doorstep again.

I was sleeping after being in surgery the entire night when I heard the pounding on my door, and on opening it, I’m face to face with a tired-looking Bianca. She takes one look at my sleepy face, glares at me as though I’m the cause of all her problems, and storms past me into my living room, leaving me no choice but to follow her.

“What are you doing here?” I ask her, unable to hide the annoyance in my voice. What on earth was I thinking when I had sex with this woman, at least the second time?

“The hotel