Already her tears were easing up as she was too exhausted to cry for long. “No,” she replied with a small head shake, her voice much more pathetic than it normally was as she continued to hate her life. This wasn’t like her at all, but she didn’t know what else to do. She was so tired of everything and yet it was still just the start. “I don’t know if anyone can help me right now.”
Moving her head to his shoulder so her face wasn’t pressed against the damp cloth of his shirt, Chandra wiped her eyes with the back of her hand, even as silent tears continued to slip out. “I’m preg...I’m….” She hadn’t said the words out loud before and it was much harder than she had even thought it would be. Pregnant.
“There is going to be a baby.” Her eyes squeezed shut as her hand tightened around his shirt. It was out.