Chapter 35

After six months of trying and no satisfying answers from the fertility expert we went to or any indication that anything was wrong with either of our plumbing, Kat hadn’t gotten pregnant.

So we had a long talk again. A lot of long talks, actually, and Kat decided she wanted to stop trying for the time being. Rita suggested that maybe she go back to work. KLLL’s morning traffic anchor had recently left, and Kat would be a perfect fit. She had left the station on good terms, so a reunion made sense. One short interview with the news director sealed it. And, two weeks later, Kat was back on the air, this time with one of her best friends.

Kat’s first six weeks back at work had been a lot of fun, actually. The station had played up teaming her and Rita up together again after five years apart. They did a promotional campaign, putting up billboards around town featuring them both. I got a kick out of it.

Kat started partying again, ramping up slowly at first, but by th