It was around noon by the time Vanessa was ready to venture out of her room and face the world again. After coming off the phone with Nicklaus, she’d spent an entire hour just sitting on her bed trying to sort through her feelings. She had so many conflicting emotions raging through her body she didn’t know how to begin making sense of it all. She was excited yet scared at the prospect of becoming a mother. She was excited because she couldn’t quite wrap her mind around the fact that a little person was growing inside of her. Someone she loved unconditionally and who would in turn love her without reserve. But she was also scared. She was scared because this little person would be reliant on her for everything. She would be responsible for providing him with all his needs. She took that re
