The Summer I Stopped Sacrificing Myself For The Others

und out I might be pregnant, my husband, Ro

med by concern and anxiety over his wife's preg

was dehydrated, but at the same time, I w

checkup, the doctor told me I wasn't pregnant

know what on earth Rocco's

n kne

office, I ran right into the woman

t friend, Kat

ad told me this morning that something urgent had come up at work

.

eyes

ken care of. I was actually on my way to the hospital to find you, but I happened to run into Kathryn here for her c

to Kathryn's

n dating someone f

d never

as sensitive, that he could

boyfriend was a secret agent or a research

ished and pressed her again and again

onsidered that her boy

t? Since when?"

He took a long leave to keep me company. He always wants to do it, a

was sending him on a long business trip, and

en't you married him yet?" I cu

ready tell you? He's got a sensitive identity. It's

smile, "Why? Is it illeg

hen I said that was that it

my sarcastic tone, her e

elf between us and shielding her behind him. "Don't scare

s voice, I suddenly understood why his

dly gave an excuse, "I mean, you're both pregnant. Neither of

reaction had alrea

went into the exam room, Rocco had bee

ars, and I knew that was somethin

ishing her checkup and announced that ever

and said, "Let me

he seem to remember I was stil

ght to our complex. Just take the bus home. Kathryn's place is right on

seemingly had completely forgotten about the fact that it was July, the p

nd the last one stopped at the gate of the

ideration and magnanimity. "It's fine. Just

r her lower belly and walked tow

ace, instinctively letti

are go after he

ed my grip on the report of the checkup results in my hand, the one th

that from this day forward, he and