The doctor looked at my face carefully.
“Are you certain? You don’t look well. I strongly recommend having a blood test today.”
I agreed. An hour later, the doctor returned with a completely different expression.
“Your hemoglobin level is dangerously low. And there’s something else… You’re pregnant. About seven weeks along.”
I froze.
Daniel and I had wanted a child for years. After two miscarriages, the doctors warned us that another pregnancy could be
dangerous for me. During the past year, we had even stopped discussing it.
I returned home holding the laboratory results.
It was 7:13.
Daniel was standing by the window. When the clock changed to 7:14, he closed the curtains, went into the kitchen, and returned with the white bowl.
This time, I pushed it aside.
“Did you know?”
His expression changed immediately.