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378 Result! (Winona)

I stare at the test, my whole world narrowed down to that tiny, plastic window

what it

I've always been sure this would be negative. There's no need to feel disappointed or upset. It i is. The chances of me actually being pregnant, after already having one impossible pregnancy, is a drop in the ocean.

Negative is what I knew would happen. Negative is exactly what I need. So much less complicated. I stare inside that plastic window and there's no mistaking the result.

Two lines.

Bold. Clear.

Positive.

The room falls away. All the air leaves my lungs. I clutch my chest and try to suck oxygen in, but I can't

breathe.

I'm pregnant.

I press my other hand to my stomach, half-expecting to feel something-a heartbeat, a flutter, any sign that this is real. But, of course, it's just me and the stillness of my own pulse, thudding beneath my palm.

My racing pulse fills my ears. My heart is thumping. This is really impossible. My chest is about to cave in, I swear.

up and pull up my

work the zipper and

Surely y this i

a mistake. I wish I bought more than one test

very accurate.

do that privately? Judy might be at every turn, with eyes and ears,

make her want to know why. She knew with Abby, that old woman

God. I'm

moment, joy surges through me, bright and uncontainable. A

of, the walls I've built up, I can't help but

fear. I sink

for me to carry another pregnancy to term, I know I'll miscarry.

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break my heart.

hopes up." I murmur to myself,

I can feel the swell of love for this little life, the fierce, protective instinct that kicks in before I even fully understand it. And with It comes the terror of losing something! automatically care about so deeply. I clutch the test, fingers trembling. How am I going to tell

No matter what.

words ground me, give me a

also know him well enough to know hall pass week details will test him. But me carrying another man's baby? That

are.

I imagine his reaction. He's told me over and over that he trusts me, that nothing from that week matters now. But if

still loved and wanted me, I'd never really be sure. How can

eyes, taking a deep breath. There's no going back now. This is my reality,

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