Regretful Man, Redeemed Woman

n the mahogany desk, a sof

ven look up fr

steady, betraying none of the thous

sing a decade of my love, two years of

ew days," he added, attention already back on his s

cal blow, a chilling premoni

test, naive hope swelling in my heart that our baby

his college sweetheart, on the evening new

gh me, and I woke up in a hospital bed-alone-the d

ven knew i

case, leaving behind everything, even the

oe, asked, "He did

nctively going to my flat stomach,

empty, yet a strange sens

e signed papers, I knew t

laration of