RENEE
It took me thirty seconds to understand what Nicole said. Thirty seconds, during which the entire world slowed down. Every heartbeat pounding hard against my chest increasingly solidified as a single word echoed over and over in my head.
Pregnant.
I was carrying a child inside me. Robert’s child. Our child.
My goodness! In nine months, I’d be a mother. For nine f*****g months, I'd carry a living, breathing human inside of me! As I took it all in, a moment of clarity hit. This explained the weight gain Sally noticed, my persistent nausea, and the morning sickness. The feeling in the pit of my stomach that came when I overate or drank alcohol. This explained it all. Everything was starting to make sense.
I also remembered a conversation with Robert the day before about having
