Chapter 2
After relentless waves of nausea that felt like a storm raging inside her, Hadley ended up in the hospital.
“Doctor, what’s happening to me?”
She sat nervously in the waiting area while the doctor examined her test results.
Pausing for a moment, the doctor looked at her curiously and inquired,
“Are you married?”
There was a pause before Hadley responded affirmatively,
“Yes, I am.”
“Congratulations,” the doctor finally announced. “You’re pregnant.”
The news momentarily took Hadley’s breath away, her eyes widening as she processed the information.
The recent summer heat had been oppressive, causing her to lose her appetite and frequently feel nauseous.
Hadley had assumed it was the heat or perhaps the greasy food.
Now, she questioned,
“Is this what morning sickness feels like?”
Had this revelation come before the events of the previous night, it would have been a joyous occasion for Hadley. But now, everything had changed.
Hadley paused, and then voiced her concern to the doctor.
“Is there any chance this is a mistake? Could there be an error in the diagnosis?”
“When did you last have your period?”
Upon thinking back, Hadley’s expression changed as she made the connection.
“I’m… a week late.”
The doctor gestured expansively as he handed over the test results.
“Here’s your answer,” he said, pushing the document towards her. “See for yourself. The blood test is quite clear. You’re definitely pregnant.”
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Hadley’s eyes were drawn to the bolded words “early pregnancy” on the report, underscored by the doctor’s signature.
She took a deep breath, picked up the report, and softly said,
“Thank you, doctor.”
Leaving the hospital, the harsh rays of the summer sun prompted tears to gather in her eyes.
With her eyes closed, Hadley whispered to herself,
“What am I going to do?”
Her marriage to Eric was still new, barely two months old, and their physical relationship had been limited—quick and infrequent.
Hadley had previously thought that Eric simply wasn’t interested in being intimate, and frankly, she didn’t enjoy their encounters much; they were just too painful. Now, the painful truth hit her.
It wasn’t the intimacy he was averse to. It was her.
The rare occasions they had been intimate were probably just to fulfill Nyla’s wish to produce a Flynn heir.
Now, Hadley found herself pregnant at the most unfortunate moment.
“What should I do?” Hadley pondered once more.
Was it right to keep the baby?
At only twenty, the gravity of such a decision overwhelmed Hadley.
She felt too inexperienced to handle it on her own.
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