Rockabuy Baby Scene 133

There was a teddy bear of course, and a triple-columned, ring-stacking toy that seemed to be de rigueur in every nursery he had ever seen. Aside from a set of soft sculptured Alphabet blocks, there was nothing else to hold his interest except the orthodontic pacifier she had left lying in the center of the playpen. At first the pacifier held his interest for an abnormally long time. He couldn’t seem to tear his eyes away from the thing. But after awhile, it seemed to be part of his surroundings and he lost interest in it. “What does she expect me to do?”, Andrew asked himself as he sucked on his thumb absentmindedly, “Does she really think I’m going to suck on that thing?”