Chapter 30

The silent whoosh from the toilet sink made Renata’s cries inaudible. She sat on the toilet seat with a pregnancy strip in one hand and her other hand over her mouth, trying to muffle the cries. It was negative again. Slowly, she tilted her head to the corner where the bin was, there were several test strips in there. She shared the bathroom with Santiago, but he never for one day noticed the pregnancy test strips she had thrown in there. “God…” she raised her teary eyes to the ceiling. “Is this a punishment for my adulterous life?” She whimpered. “Just… just one is enough,” she broke down into fresh tears again. “A child for my husband,” she sniffed. “Arghhh!” She screamed as she threw the pregnancy test strip on the floor. She covered her hands with her ears, she closed her eyes as she continued to scream, but the tears didn’t stop coming. “Forgive me, then… I was just stupid. I thought I loved that man… but I was just so stupid.” “God… forgive me,” she fell on her weak kne