E Z I E L "Eziel." Mom said and ruffed my hair making my eyes fluttered open. The bed moved when she sat beside me and smiled at me. "Happy birthday." She greeted and me. I just remembered that it was my fourteenth birthday making me smile at my mom. "Thank you, mom." I said and something about mom was different. Different in a good way. She was kinda glowing. I sat on the bed and looked at her smiling face. "What is it, mom?" I asked and she chuckled, eyes sparkling. I never saw her that radiant and happy. "I . . . How would you like to be an older brother?" She asked and I frowned. Of course, I would love to. To have another sibling, it would be wonderful, right? "It would be cool." I said and I saw her as she placed her hand in her belly and smiled, making me wonder if I'm having

