“Hi Mary!” Christie exclaimed, then grabbing Mikie’s hand said, “Can you say hi baby, say hi to auntie mary.” She waved his limp hand for him but Mikie was craning around the other direction to gawk at a swan, spitting out the dummy and babbling, “Ahahahabaaaa…mama,” at the animals.

“Hello dear, how is everything going?”

“Oh its just wonderful, he really is just adorable, though it can be a handful. I just can’t believe he was once a big university student, he’s such a happy baby.”

“That’s good to hear. Now here’s the thing, I haven’t had much luck making progress on the research, so what we need to do is get more subjects. So I need you to talk to all your friends from the fertility clinic and get the names of other women who have had trouble conceiving, especially single ones.”