It is January 1957 and Helen's husband Jack returns from National Service. Happy to be reunited, they resume their life together. Their friends, Lily, pregnant and married to Jack's brother Martin, Katie, pregnant and married to Helen's father John, and Judy, engaged to policeman Sam, form part of their everyday life. Then Helen is utterly shattered when Jack tells her that a brief fling with a sergeant's widow has left the woman pregnant. Helen can't have children so handling her friends' pregnancies has been difficult enough; this is more than she can bear. She starts divorce proceedings but their fierce love for each other cannot be extinguished. Finally she has to make a decision which requires courage but could be the answer to their differences.
'No more thank yous.' Judy stepped back.
'You'd better go,' she whispered, as a telephone rang and the matron disappeared, presumably to answer it. "'Quick Sharp".'
'And I have to learn to jump to it,' Emily gave Judy a sad little smile. 'Have a good journey back.'
Judy stayed long enough to watch her friend walk up the stairs. Emily looked so small, lost and alone, she couldn't help feeling that she was abandoning her. She recalled Robin Watkin Morgan's good looks, swaggering self-assurance and flirtatious manner. No doubt he hadalready moved on to the next girl. It was so unfair. If her own experience was anything to go by, all the 'fun' involved in conceiving a child was purely on the men's side and they could walk away any time they chose to, leaving the woman quite literally holding the baby.
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