William was on a conference call with the board members of WilTech. Actually, it was just his face that was there, his mind wasn't there. Helen, his assistant, had to keep calling his attention to what someone was saying.

And where was his mind? It was on Gail, on the ultrasound, on his own baby's heartbeat. All the things that made him call for the virtual meeting, so that he could distract himself from them. Instead, they were the ones still distracting him from the meeting.

For so long, ...