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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

work the zipper

Surely y this i

bought more than one test now. I cannot be pregnant. But

very accurate.

privately? Judy

center or doctor's surgery is going to make her want to know why. She knew with Abby,

My. God.

bright and uncontainable. A new life, a

everything I've convinced myself of, the walls I've built up, I can't help but feel the warmth of hope, the thrill

wave of fear. I sink

me to carry another pregnancy to term, I know I'll

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break my heart.

I murmur

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 Jayden? His words from our phone call

No matter what.

me, give me a thread of strength to

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

are.

over and over that he trusts me, that nothing

Even if he did say he still loved and wanted me, I'd never really be sure. How

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

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