June promised to be an unbearable month, and Kate's condition only made it worse. She felt huge, clumsy and miserable. There were no comfortable positions for sleeping, sitting or even walking. It was almost time for lunch, and Rusty hadn't returned from his morning crew run. Kate was amazed at how busy they had been since that first call from Centex. She rarely saw Rusty during the day, except at lunchtime. She was equally amazed at how he always managed to arrange his schedule so he was back around noon each day. Although he never admitted it, Kate suspected he did it to check up on her, to make sure she was feeling okay and eating a proper meal. At first she had been surprised at each of his thoughtful acts. With picking up doughnuts or fresh muffins at a bakery each morning on his way to the office and insisting on taking her car to the gas station for fill-ups so she wouldn't have to bother, Kate had begun to feel more pampered than she had since she was a child.
