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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.

lungs, and I jump up and pull up my underwear and jeans.

barely work the zipper and button.

Surely y this i

more than one test now. I cannot be pregnant.

very accurate.

blood test. But how do I do that privately? Judy might be at

her want to know why. She knew

God.

through me, bright and uncontainable.

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

then, as quickly as it came, the joy is pushed back by a wave of fear. I sink down onto the edge of the tub, my

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

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break my heart.

I murmur to myself,

of love for this little life, the fierce, protective instinct that kicks in before I even fully understand it. And with It

No matter what.

me a thread of strength to

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

are.

tightens as I imagine 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

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

There's no going back now. This is my reality, and whatever questions he has, whatever fears might come up, I'll

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