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My heart stopped. “What?”
I sat down, dizzy. “The appointments…”
“Prenatal checkups,” she said simply. “They’re more frequent in the first trimester, especially at my age.”
She sat across from me, folding her hands. “Because I didn’t know what I wanted yet. You had just confessed to betraying me, and then I learned I was carrying your child. I needed time to decide what to do — about the baby, about us.”
The Truth
I asked about the sudden kindness — the meals, the smiles, the notes.
I stared at her, unable to comprehend the strength it must have taken to respond to betrayal with composure.
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