Dana caught a rare minute at work to sit down for some lunch. Since
Alice had passed she decided her schedule needed more stability. She
quit competitive tennis and took a job giving lessons. Granted she
still had money rolling in from a few endorsements and people waited
months to get a lesson from the Dana Fairbanks, but her heart just
wasn’t in the game anymore.

All day her mind jumped from place to place, rarely of which was
tennis or her client. She did a good job of fooling people, but when
she had a free moment she shut herself off from the world.

Dana stared at her pasta, absently wrapping strands around her fork.
Her mind began to drift, going back to the day Aidan was born.

Before she went out on her mini promotional tour, she questioned Alice
over and over about whether she should go or not. Alice was still a
few months away from her due date, but she worried. Alice assured her
that there was nothing to worry about. If the kid were anything like
her there is no way in hell he’d be early to anything.

Dana reluctantly left her pregnant wife behind, giving any and every
number she could think of to her friends. They all assured her that
everything would be fine, but agreed to call her even if Alice sneezed
funnily.

Sure enough, Dana pulled away from her breakfast one morning.

“Ms.Fairbanks?” The waiter asked.

Dana wiped her mouth with her napkin, “Yes.”

“I’m sorry to interrupt, but there is a phone call for you in the lobby.”

Dana’s mind began to race, “Thank youI’ll be right there.”

In a matter of what seemed like seconds, Dana was on the end of the
receiver talking to Tina. “Dana, how are things going?”

Dana let out an exasperated sigh, “I’m good, but I know you’re not
calling to catch-up on old times.”

Tina tried to chose her words wisely, not wanting to work Dana up,