#Chapter 326: Numb

Nina The sterile smell of antiseptic solution filled the air. The hospital lights overhead were blinding, casting everything with a whitish glow. As I lay there on the hospital bed, shivering in that awful, open-back gown with an IV poking out of my arm, I couldn’t shake off the sense of dread that had overcome me since the moment I set foot in this place. Finally, a young doctor walked in. Her white was coat pristine, and there was a clipboard in her hand. She looked like she hadn’t slept in days, but her eyes were filled with sincere compassion. “First and foremost,” she began, her eyes flitting up to me from her clipboard. “Mrs. Rivers, the tests came back positive. You’re pregnant.” I felt time stop for a beat. “Pregnant?” I blurted out. “But I took pregnancy tests—” “False negatives are not uncommon,” she interrupted, shooting me an empathetic glance. There was a heavy pause in the room. Pregnant… All at once, I felt angry, sad, baffled,