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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.

air suddenly sucks into my lungs, and I jump up and pull up my underwear

barely work the zipper and button. I wash

Surely y this i

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

very accurate.

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

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

God.

and uncontainable. A

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

pushed back by a wave of fear. I sink down onto the edge of the tub, my

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

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break my heart.

I murmur to myself, my voice

fully understand it. And with It comes the terror of losing something! automatically care about so deeply. I clutch the test, fingers

No matter what.

me, give me a

to know hall pass week details will test him. But me carrying another man's baby? That cannot ever be something I'd expect

are.

that he trusts me, that nothing from that week

expect it to. That's asking too much. Even if he did say he still loved and wanted me, I'd never really be sure.

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