“So,” I said, pivoting to gossip, now that it was just us. “What’s the latest with Jamie—is she gonna have a baby or what?” Here I was, already wishing my fate on someone else. “Oh, I don’t think so,” said Halle. “Not yet, anyway.” “Huh,” I said, visibly annoyed. I resented anyone still on the other side, anyone who could still choose not to do it. “I wonder why,” I said without a hint of irony.
