Chapter Three
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essica sat next to me in the passenger’s seat, anxiously brewing within her wall of silence. It was obvious that she was trying her best to put up a good front. From that weird grimace she was unsuccessfully hiding, I knew her back and knees were bothering her. As the months of her pregnancy rolled by, one body part after another have begun to rudely introduce her to her new limitations. The evening walks have long since been cancelled, as are her three-mile jogging sessions. Feeling depressed and unhealthy, Jessica was moody most of the time. I had done well to keep her spirits up, but I hadn’t put a ring on her finger. Because of this, her journey towards motherhood was becoming ever more contentious.
Our baby was due to enter the world in January. This brand-new mont
