Annette's heart truly bled for John. She came to learn about his mistress and their little baby. She wasn't exactly the type she would have expected but who was she to judge. The mistress was a bar tender at one of the joints they frequented and John had started a business for her with cash he had 'borrowed ' from the bank where he worked and auditors had found out.
They had tried to see him on the side and beseech him to help ease the situation but John was really broke and had to go to jail.
She made for Tony's ward and he lay there looking back at her with a small smile. Annette squeezed his hand and he reached for her tummy. He knew and was excited about it. And as soon as he got well, they would relocate to another town. Life would now begin. He thought.
But Annette had other plans. To start a new life alone, with her child and in a different town. So by the time Tony left hospital, she had sold her home and left town. She figured everyone would do better without her and blamed herself for all the misery in her men's lives. And with that, she drove into the sunrise.
**The End**