"Kevin?"

"Baby, when did you get caller i.d.?" he grinned.

"I knew it would be you, where are you?"

"Best Western, exit .... damn, I don't what exit, but it's right down the road from the hospital."

"I'll be right there and we can -"

"Morgan, calm down. Look, I need to pull myself together. Give me a couple of hours to get some sleep and a shower first."

She sighed audibly. "All right. But you need to see her."

Silence.

"Kev?"

"I already have."

"What? How did she react? Kevin, she doesn't know I called you!"

"It's ok, she didn't see *me*." He paused.

"But--??"

"Jimmy was there."

"Oh God, Kevin, you didn't--"

"What, Morgan, kill the bastard? Shove his privates so far up his --" He broke off. "No, I didn't let *him* see me, either. But I heard what he said to her."

"Don't make me drag this out of you," she threatened.

"From what I could hear, he's leaving her. "To *work things out* he said. Sounded like he was leaving for good. I hope like hell that's true." The bitterness in his voice was thick.

Softly Morgan said, "Kevin, she loves him."

"She'll get over him. He doesn't deserve a woman like her."

"Because--??"