On a bright spring day, one day, Sharon went into David's office with a pile of letters to discuss with him and he looked round at her with a spontaneous smile full of warmth.

'Good morning Sharon, you look being pregnant really becomes you. You look livelier than I have ever seen you.

She put the letters on his desk, grimacing. 'Thanks but I feel absolutely huge'.

'How much longer till the baby arrives?'

'It's due in five weeks.

They both looked down at her bulge indulgently and as they did, she felt the fluttering little kick that kept coming these days like an internal hiccup.

David gave a little...