Tanya’s beautiful blue eyes filled with tears. “Please? Please, Letty Spaghetti. Don’t be mad at me.” She lowered her voice to a whisper. “Letty? I’m pregnant!”

“That was certainly fast work,” Letty said, handing Tanya a bottle of water. “When are you due?”

“Maybe November?”

They’d pushed aside enough boxes to seat themselves on the white leather sofa.

“I didn’t plan this,” Tanya said. “Like I told you, when Rooney ripped me off, I lost everything including my birth control pills. I tried calling to get the prescription refilled, but my doctor in Atlanta was being a butthead. His nurse said I’d have to come in for an exam, but how was I gonna do that, since I was already living up here?”

“How’s Evan taking the news that he’s going to be a daddy?”

Tanya’s face lit up. “I was dreading telling him, but he’s thrilled. Letty, it’s the sweetest, cutest thing. He’s already started ordering furniture for the nursery! I told him it’s bad luck to do that stuff during the first trimester, but you know Evan. Once he gets an idea in his head…”

Her voice trailed off and she reached for her sister’s hand.

“And how do you feel about being a mom?” Letty asked. “I thought you were gung-ho on having a serious acting career.”

“I still am,” Tanya said. She patted her perfectly flat abdomen. “My obstetrician says I’m healthy as a horse, and there’s no reason I shouldn’t keep working as long as I feel good. And I do. I feel amazing! Evan says I’ve never looked sexier. He can’t keep his hands off me.”

“TMI,” Letty said.

“Oh, sorry.”

They’d left the apartment door ajar, and now they heard the elevator doors slide open, and the sound of men’s voices coming from the hallway.

“That’s the movers,” Letty said, standing up abruptly. “Look, Tanya. These guys get paid by the hour.”

“Okay. Sure.” Tanya stood up and flung her arms around her sister’s neck. “Oh, Letty. You’re all the family I have. Mimi’s dead and Mom’s out in Nevada somewhere, and you know how she is. Please be happy for me. Please?”

A man’s voice called out from the hall. “Ma’am? Are you all set for us?”

“Coming,” Letty called. She patted Tanya’s shoulder. “I’m happy for you. We’ll talk soon.”

“Call me as soon as you get settled,” Tanya said. “Promise?”

Letty walked slowly around the apartment, checking that the closets and cupboards had been emptied of her belongings.

“Okay,” she said, to the lanky man standing in the doorway with a half-full mover’s dolly. “That’s everything. You can take this last load down. I’ll meet you at the new place. You’ve got the address, right?”