Maya feels like the world is ending, but no one else notices. She is relieved because the pregnancy means she isn't a lesbian. She hides her pregnancy with large clothing. When she is six months pregnant, her mother goes to Alaska to open a new nightclub. Maya stays with Daddy Clidell and leaves him a note explaining the pregnancy on the day she graduates high school. Mother returns and asks if she wants to marry the baby's father. Maya tells her mother she doesn't. Her mother thinks being a single mother is better than ruining all three lives with a loveless marriage. The baby is born, but Maya is afraid to touch him. When the baby is three weeks old, Vivian brings him into Maya's room. Maya protests, but her mother places the.....
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