the temperature reached maximum a little after noon , yet there had been a cool and refreshing breeze . `` if we 're not working today , i do n't want to spend all day in this hotel room . '' and it was at that moment that i remembered my mother , and the few times shed taken me to a stable- i knew it then , though i do not understand how , and i whispered , shes pregnant . she laid her head back against the cushion and closed her eyes . i ca n't get her to pick up . 