Yael flees the clinic after overhearing Suri and Aviva talking about her. Aviva tells Zevi there might be something wrong with their unborn baby,
Y ael spent much of the day huddled in bed the word failure failure failure running through her head like a mantra. It was only when her babysitter went home that Yael roused herself. Sruli came clambering onto her bed Simi following her big brother. As Yael lost herself in a big delicious cuddle she realized it was the first time she’d smiled all day.
“Boy is Mommy glad to see her two favorite little people in the world!” she said squeezing one yummy cheek against each of her own.
“Mommy sandwich!” shrieked Sruli gleefully. Simi giggled.
It was exactly what she’d needed to get through the rest of the day and by the time she’d put them to bed and came down to eat dinner with Ephraim she was much calmer than she’d been earlier that morning when she run out of the clinic like a madwoman with no thought other than the instinct to flee.
Facing Ephraim was a whole other story. Yael didn’t know quite how to tell him what had happened today. After their wonderful weekend together she’d felt their relationship was finally getting back on track — and now this? How would he react if she walked into the kitchen and told him “Today my partners decided to push me out of the business by hiring someone to replace me.”
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