Crosstalk Av Connie Willis

<p>Briddey is about to get exactly what she <i>thinks</i> she wants . . .<br><br>Briddey is a high-powered exec in the mobile phone industry, overseeing new products from concept (''anything to beat the new apple phone'') to delivery. And she works with her wonderful partner, Trent. They''ve been together for six magical weeks, in a whirlwind of flowers, dinners, laughter and now comes the icing on the cake: not a weekend away or a proposal but something even better. An EDD. A procedure which will let them sense each other''s feelings. Trent doesn''t just want to tell her how much he loves her - he wants her to feel it.<br><br>Everything is perfect.<br><br>The trouble is, Briddey can''t breathe a word of it to anyone (difficult, when the <i>whole</i> office is guessing) until she''s had two minutes to call her family. And <i>they''re</i> hounding her about the latest family drama, but when they find out about the EDD - which they will - they''ll drop everything to interrogate her. And