Chapter Forty-Four
Michaela
You’d think changing your name after getting married would be simple, right?
“I was going to, but California requires you to publicly publish it unless you’re in the witness protection program or something like that, plus there are fees involved…and I thought there’d be time to make it official when it was more convenient. Semester finals were in December, I was trying to save every penny…then—”
“You were a widow instead of a wife.”
“Yeah.” Sighing, I pushed the bowl of wheat remnants and milk aside. “Grief and morning sickness consumed a lot of days, and then I was still pregnant.”
“What was that like?” Lincoln chewed, then added, “Being pregnant.”
“It didn’t feel real until I felt him moving inside me.”
“When was that?”
“Haven’t you known any pregnant
