“Uh, doktora, gusto lang din po sanang magpa-check-up ng kaibigan ko,” sabi ni Selena nang matapo ang check-up niya sa kanyang OB. “Kaka-alam pa lang po namin kahapon na buntis din siya.”
Napatingin naman sa akin ang doktora saka ngumiti. “I can check to make sure, misis?” sabi nito na parang hinihintay ang pangalan ko.
“Miss Xylia Saavedra lang po,” I corrected it. “I’m not yet married.”
“Oh! Sorry for that. I thought, hmm...” sabi na lang nito at tinawag ang kanyang nurse upang humingi ng bagong maternal record kung saan niya itatala ang akin.
She checked me up and did the same thing she did to Selena earlier.
“You’re only two weeks pregnant...” she said. “See that zygote over there? That’s your fertilized egg.”
I was two weeks pregnant with Brendt’s baby. I couldn’t believe that
