I’m 60 and you’re having my baby?
The conversations had been going on for months. What had started out as a flippant comment by Tamara Leventhal had taken on a more serious tone over the weeks. Covid-19 might have caused the situation to escalate as both Tamara and Herschell Ostrepeller were both in lock down.
The reunion of Tamara and Herschell had happened because of social media. One morning Herschell looked at his facebook and there was a friend request from Tamara. It made his heart race. He had once loved Tamara with his heart and soul. He was only eighteen but he was sure she was his soulmate. The problem was he was very conflicted. He loved her but he knew there were millions of other women he wanted to date. She had moved away to go to University and slowly they lost touch.
Herschell dated a ton of women, but none of them had that special quality that Tamara possessed. He had remained a bachelor and he never expected that to happen. His life was great but there was a void, he was really sorry that he never had children of his own. He attributed it to Gd’s will, but the truth was maybe he had simply been worried about the financial responsibilities and was a little on the commitment phobic side.
When Herschell and Tamara started communicating again it was as if no time had passed. One day Tamara told him about her failed marriage. She had been married for…