Morning Sickness

<p>Max and Alessandra Gluck are young healthy highly compensated urban professionals who have been married for two years. Computer engineer Max wants to start a family; lawyer Alessandra wants to wait until she advances in her legal career. Max does not want his wife to devolve into an angry cat lady. Alessandra only twenty-nine tells Max he must wait until she is ready to go through the pains of childbirth. Both are opportunists and both enjoy intercourse. Over the course of the day Max has opportunities presented to him to have intercourse with a Latin plumbing woman his mother-in-law and Alessandra's younger sister. Alessandra has similar opportunities presented to her by her supervisors and co-workers. Each rationalizes their decisions amidst a variety of contemporary issues: undocumented immigration status sexual harassment surrogate mothering office policies/etiquette/efficiencies family ties and future relationships legalities and of course personal lust and enjoyment. With the backdrop being the forthcoming 2024 Presidential election the novella presents a humorous explicit farce involving a beautiful interracial couple.</p>