“Well, she was in a terrible automobile accident. A rib punctured her heart, her shoulder was shattered, and she lost the baby.”
“Oh my fucking word.”
“She’d doing much better.”
“Sam, please give her my regards. Since I’m now a free woman, I’ll ask Sue to bring me to the hospital to see her.”
Sam called Adam Frankel back, “Adam, give her a few minutes, she’s cleaning out the dog kennels.”
“Did you just say dog kennels?”
“That’s exactly what I said. You can ask her about shoveling shit when you call her.”
Randy told him, “Shelly and Leona were talking about their wedding tutus. Leona offered to make a maternity tutu for Shelly once she got pregnant.”
Sam just shook his head. His life was back on an even keel, and all the women he loved were laughing.