"No way." Karen's reply was resolute. "Jeffrey, it's over between us." Indeed, what Karen had found most distasteful was the child that Paige had brought into their lives.

Had Jeffrey not dropped the bomb about the pregnancy on the day she discovered her own, she might have considered a reconciliation.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have agreed to meet Jeffrey in the first place.

But after days of cool-headed reflection, she acknowledged the painful truth: Jeffrey was not her Mr. Right.

They were mismatched in every possible way, hence the Paige situation.

Maybe she held a slightly dearer place in Jeffrey's heart than Paige, but she could end up just like her. If she had a child, the decisions would only get tougher.

divorce and join the ranks of single mothers, or would she hand the child over to the Turners and spend

stance. "Karen, you're too rational. You never loved me!" His

Everett with Dorothy, willing to trample his pride and status

him, swollen-faced from rejection, yet still lingering around her! She was too

That wasn't love.

As long as you have nothing to do with me anymore," she

turned to leave.

didn't speak but clenched his

That was close. She almost crushed his hand! "Jeffrey, have you lost your mind?" "I lost it the day I fell for you. I haven't been myself since!" Jeffrey's gaze fixed on her delicate face. "Karen, if you can bear to break my hand, then close the door!" "You're insane!" "Then do it! Close it!"

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