When I got home, I started to regret it. Why did I go straight home when I could have seen a doctor at the hospital?
Feeling the swelling pain in my chest, I was sad in my heart.
Now things between me and William had become worse. And now I was pregnant?
I found the pregnancy test and walked into the bathroom.
When I looked at the positive result on the test paper, I didn’t even know if I was sad or happy.
Should I tell William?
I sat in silence for a long time and eventually sent the photo to Helen.
Usually, it would take a long time for Helen to answer my messages, but today she responded in seconds.
Helen: [Sure?]
I: [Not yet. The result of the pregnancy test is positive. But I still need to see a doctor.]
Twenty minutes later, Tyshawn and Helen arrived at my house carrying fruits.
Holding the pregnancy test, Helen looked at it under the lamp.
“Audrey, my attitude was not good the other day. Can you forgive me?”
Helen took my hand, sincere and warm, a far cry from her attitude that day.
I shook my head. “Helen, I didn’t blame you.”
Tyshawn suddenly said, “Audrey, what happened to your face?”
I remembered that William slapped me in the hospital.
was so focused on my chest that I forgot about the pain in my face.
“It’s okay, Tyshawn. I bumped into something by accident.”
Tyshawn said seriously, “You need to be a little more careful now. After all, you’re having a baby.”
Helen rushed to stop him. “Watch your words. Be gentle with Audrey.”
I looked at Helen, who had completely changed her attitude toward me. The world was not the one I imagined.
The whole family changed their attitudes only because I was pregnant with William’s baby.
William walked in through the door and touched my belly right after he entered.
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Chapter 6 Positive
“Pregnant?”
I was just about to nod and show him the pregnancy test when William continued, “Is it mine?”
“William!” Tyshawns stopped him angrily. “How can you talk like that!”
Helen also said, “Yes, how can you doubt Audrey!”
I sat down on the couch and didn’t say anything. William seemed to count the days.
I hadn’t even let him touch me lately, so he suspected me.
“How about an abortion?”
I said, half–jokingly, and Helen tried to cover my mouth and stop me from saying that.
“Don’t say that. The baby will hear you.”
Watching this family in fear and trepidation, I felt like I wasn’t pregnant, but I was their queen.
Tyshawn and Helen said something more before leaving. As soon as they left, William asked me about the details.
“How long has your period been delayed?”
I couldn’t help but laugh. “Didn’t you used to remember the dates of my periods the best?
“William, I’m not you.”
He picked up the pregnancy test and looked at it, finally grinning.
“Honey, you’re the best. You’re having my baby boy.”
I kept a smile on my face. “Who said I’m going to have a baby?”
William’s smile froze on his face.
“Honey, what you said is not funny at all. It’s not easy to get pregnant. Do you want to abort our baby?”
“Right.”
I said firmly, “I don’t want to have your baby.”
William was a bit frazzled. “This is our baby. He probably even has a heartbeat now.”
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The tears I had been holding back finally fell at this moment as I looked across the room at this man. He was the one I had loved
in my life.
