Chapter 169

Haley’s POV: Lately, something felt… different. I couldn’t explain it, but my body was acting strange. I was tired more often, my appetite was all over the place, and I had been feeling queasy in the mornings. At first, I blamed stress, or maybe too much late-night snacking while working on my comics. But deep down, a tiny whisper in my heart told me it might be something else. Something big. I sat in the bathroom, staring at the little white stick in my hand. My heart was pounding so loudly I was afraid the whole house could hear it. Two pink lines. I blinked, then looked again, as if maybe my eyes were lying. But no. They were still there. Two. Pink. Lines. I pressed my hand against my mouth, my breath shaking. “Oh my God…” I was pregnant. I don’t know how long I sat there, frozen. My thoughts raced everywhere. Could I handle this? Was I ready? We already had Lily and Jordan, and I loved them with everything in me. But a baby… our baby… Tears filled my eyes before I realized it. But