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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

zipper and button.

Surely y this i

one test

very accurate.

blood test. But how do I do that privately? Judy might be at every turn, with eyes and ears, watching and

her want to know why. She knew with Abby, that old woman here knew, how do I know Judy won't

God.

a moment, joy surges through me, bright and uncontainable. A new life, a miracle

built up, I can't help but feel the warmth of hope, the

wave of fear. I sink down onto the edge of the tub, my hand still resting over

know how unlikely it is for me to carry another pregnancy to term,

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break my heart.

up." I murmur to myself, my

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

No matter what.

me a thread of strength to

But me carrying another man's baby? That cannot

are.

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

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

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

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