Her Heart's Silent Divorce

on the pregnancy te

g the little plastic stick, my heart p

f being told it might n

ope bloomed in my chest.

mily group chat message: "Big new

l sister. The one who had abandoned our

mth in my chest

. Liam and Ethan were eager, buzzing with exci

ked, "What a

und. "She' ll be fine. She'

h, but Sarah is her stepsister. Chloe has always been a bit

"Sarah is the priority right now. She' s family, Etha

s echoed in the silent spac

lem to be managed, an ob

ment, a decision formed in my

not subject another human being to a life o

egnancy test de

It' ll be like old times. The fam

see me. H

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e real thin

just getting rid of the baby. I was getting rid of all of it