After the ultrasound, Selene's aunt drove her home. Selene sat in silence in the van. The doctor had seen something Selene couldn't understand in those shadowy images. She said the baby would arrive in early March. Thank God she also added a prescription for anti-nausea medication along with the vitamins. “You know, Selene,” Karen said as they left the pharmacy, “you're not so very unusual. You would hardly be the first woman to be blind-sided by a passionate romance and get in over her head. It's not bad, you know. It's not as though you've only known Brandon a few months. You've known him a long time. You know his character. Your relationship starts far before the first time you discussed your feelings.” Selene's eyes burned. “Thank you, Auntie.” “You are going back to him, aren't you

