explanation.
No doctor telling me stress had caused it.
No clear reason I could blame.
One day, I was pregnant.
Then suddenly I wasn’t.
I returned home from the hospital with empty arms while my four children kept asking when their baby brother or sister was coming home.
Ryan cried when I told him.
“I’m so sorry.”
I hung up.
Three weeks later, Ryan and Lina announced their engagement.
That was the moment I stopped expecting either of them to show any sense of decency.
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Months later, I was lying
