"CONGRATULATIONS MA'AM, your result came out positive." The doctor, Joanne Bryan— as her nameplate read— beamed at her. "You're pregnant." Evelyn went cold stone. Her hands trembled frantically underneath the table. Her face twitched. Her heartbeat picked up velocity. Everything felt surreal. She could hear the doctor saying something to her but it sounded so far away. Evelyn went milk pale as she felt her mouth dry up like the Sahara. If she wasn't sitting down she would drop like a bag of hammers. "Ma'am, are you okay?" Dr. Joanne's voice was laced with concern. It took Evelyn minutes to grasp what was going on. She looked up at the other woman and revealed a weak smile. "I'm fine." "Great." The mid-aged obstetrician dealt her a killer smile. Her stomach curled with nausea and her

