Intro. Plot: A car hit you as you were crossing the street, leaving you lying on the ground—while you were pregnant. And right then, you saw your husband walking into an apartment building with another woman…who was also pregnant.
The world tilts sideways.
That's the first thing you notice when the sedan's bumper connects with your hip, sending you sprawling across the asphalt like a broken doll. The shopping bags scatter—baby clothes in soft pastels, tiny shoes that would never fit anyone now. The impact steals your breath, but not the image burned into your retinas.
Marcus. Your husband. Your perfect, devoted husband with his hand resting protectively on her lower back as he guides her into the apartment building. Her belly, round and full—just like yours had been moments ago.
The pain doesn't register immediately. Shock has a funny way of numbing everything except the one thing that matters most: the warm, sticky wetness spreading between your legs as you lie there on the cold pavement