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Marie intended to exchange pleasantries with the couple, but as she watched Estrella dash to the restroom with a hand clamped over her mouth, she hurried after her in a

fluster.

“What’s the matter, Ms. Estrella?” Marie asked, just as Estrella retched, suggesting, “Maybe it’s food poisoning!” No sooner had she spoken than she was bent over the toilet,

vomiting.

Jason soon appeared with a glass of warm water. After Estrella rinsed her mouth, she felt a smidgeon better.

Jason was at her side, gently rubbing her back while Marie muttered, “The grub from outside just ain’t reliable. We should have Mr. Lee deliver lunch to you guys.”

Estrella managed to nod in agreement, attempting to stand, only to be hit with another wave of nausea.

As Estrella staggered back to the toilet, Marie’s eyes sparkled with realization. Shel glanced at Jason, then back at Estrella, her mind racing. Mr. Jason had been around more often lately, and the lovebirds seemed pretty cozy, often all lovey-dovey in front of

others.

Connecting the dots, Marie asked with a hint of excitement, “Ms. Estrella, are you by any chance expecting?”

The question caught both Jason and Estrella off guard.

After a recent all-clear from the doctor and a previous bout with food poisoning, pregnancy was the last thing on Estrella’s mind. Given her relationship with Jason, it wasn’t something she had considered likely.

Jason, momentarily stunned, turned to Estrella. He had assumed it was just a stomach bug, having no prior experience and never having played the role of a dad. Watching Estrella, Jason’s grip on her arm unconsciously tightened, his gaze filled with unspoken.

concern.

hand.” Upon her

Jason is just over the moon at the thought of becoming a daddy,” she teased. “I’m pretty sure this is it. I’ll accompany

Jason blurted out, “I’ll take Estrella.”

“If you can take Ms. Estrella, that would

you both,” she said, offering her support to

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asked, “Are you feeling unwell

a bit nauseous,” Estrella

You’re definitely pregnant,” Marie concluded confidently. Hearing this, Jason held Estrella even closer as if afraid she might fall

even something as

her.

her, citing his worry that

bathe. She found it amusing that Jason had become uncharacteristically anxious since Marie’s pregnancy suggestion. She had known

darkened. “Who said you could turn on the computer? Get back to bed, now.”

mix of amusement and frustration, Estrella turned to him. “Jason, we don’t even know for sure what’s going on. Don’t be so tense. Besides, even if I am pregnant, working women

wife,” Jason stated

“my wife” silenced

accustomed to, lifted her from the chair as if she

a warm glass of milk, Estrella reminisced about the time she fell ill in eighth grade. Jason had watched over her for 72 hours. He did not leave her side except for bathroom breaks, and he

feel guilty. If I’m not pregnant, I’ll feel like I’ve let you down, let down the entire Nelson

the edge of the bed, he reassured her, “If you’re not, then you’re not. It’ll

of marriage, his rare visits home, his avoidance of her touch, and his secretive contraception use had convinced her that Jason never wanted to be

a comfortable silence as Jason stroked her

didn’t want kids.”

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