Synopsis

Doctor Legg delivers the news to Michelle that she is not pregnant, and a wave of apprehension washes over her at the thought of telling Lofty. She spends the day unraveling her feelings with Kathy, Naima, Den, and Magda, before finally confiding in him. She lays bare her desire for a life beyond motherhood: a career, independence. If he truly yearned for a child, she declared, he would have to embrace the role of stay-at-home parent. Meanwhile, Rod occupied himself with painting at the surgery,