The Lies He Told Me (Grace and Antonio)

I'd been having a funny feeling in my belly recently.

The other day. I went to the hospital for a physical. Unexpectedly, I ran into Antonio and Amber. I registered again and had the examination.

When I got the result, I laughed so much that I teared up.

For the past five years, Antonio and I had been trying to have a baby. We never succeeded. Now, we were about to separate, and I found out I was pregnant. The time wasn't right. Holding the report, I wandered in the hospital absent-

mindedly, at a loss for what to do with the baby.

I should have an abortion, but I didn't have the heart to do it. It was harder than leaving Antonio.

Then, I looked up and saw

Antonio with Amber, who had just had a prenatal checkup. These days, neither he nor I mentioned Amber.

He mistook my silence for acquiescence.

is very healthy. I'm happy

his eyebrows, I knew he was in a

talked about the baby. Neither of them noticed I had stopped in front of them. Antonio let go of Amber's hand and kept her

of silence,

I'll leave you be.

hand in

He

let me

explain."

swlove

me

free from him calmly, not

The baby is your

finished speaking, Amber's eyes

let me keep