Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Alyssa put her palm to her forehead. She was speechless.

Sean, that brat... How hard did he go? He did it on purpose, didn't he? "Taty, how did you find out, then?" "After that time, I haven't been feeling very well. I've been feeling sluggish... I thought I was tired because of insufficient rest, so I didn't think too much about it.

"It wasn't until recently, when I started feeling nauseous, that I felt that something was wrong. I went out secretly the night before last to buy a pregnancy test kit. I tested yesterday morning and...' Even though this was good news, Alyssa's hair stood on end as she listened to Tatiana. She even felt really guilty.

She had been focusing on looking after Lauren and helping her out all she could. Sean, as her subordinate, was also in the thick of things. They all failed to care for Tatiana, who looked pale but was still trying to keep her spirits up.

Tatiana was pregnant at such a young age. She felt stressed both physically and mentally. She was not prepared to be a mother at all.

ached at just the thought of her precious sister living

Tatiana's shoulders trembled as she cried silently. "Sean hasn't proposed or married me, and I'm already pregnant with his child. I'm afraid that Mom and Dad

Tatiana's belly with her trembling hands. She said, "This is great.

her mind, a vivid image flickered-Tatiana and Sean, their faces alight with joy as they cradled a child, a living testament to their love. It would be a family, a dream built from the pieces of her own

and bustle and cto a quiet balcony alone. He had a dull expression on his face as

a lone ranger. He couldn't relate to the joys and

end of their families' and friends' blessings.

the railing and exhaled puffs of smoke. He leaned farther and farther back, inch by inch, out of the balcony. He looked as if he