60| Best of Both Worlds (Matthew)

After my talk with Ben, I decided that I was thinking too much about the kid's thing. Emma told me to take some time to think about it, she didn’t say to give her an answer by morning or anything like that. I needed to calm down and think more rationally.

Ben had a good point about Emma being career-driven, and I’ve thought for a while that she’s too good for an assistant position, I think a promotion would be the right move. It would move her up in the industry and make her happy, she would make contacts with new people, be out in the world, and be too busy to think about having kids.

It seemed like a win for both of us. Sure, I would see her less, but we could go out to lunch every day or dinner, she could spend the night in my apartment and we carpool together, just making two stops instead of one, I think we can make it work.

I really didn’t care who my new assistant was, I was with Emma and happy. Sure, a little eye candy wouldn’t hurt, but I wouldn’t da