Chapter 12: Going Back

A loud clang resonated around the room. Catalina had dropped the glass of water that she was drinking, the clear liquid carelessly dribbling down the table.

Thomas' newspaper, on the other hand, had also escaped his grasp, merely becoming a make-shift paper towel that soaked up all the liquid on the table.

Catalina closed her eyes for a moment, probably internalizing what Adriel had just said.

"Was I hearing that right? Did I just hear that you're pregnant?" she asked in a gentle voice yet it somehow made her even more frightening than she already was.

I bit my lips and looked down at the ground, nodding my head. "Mom, Dad, I'm pregnant," I repeated.

Thomas started coughing, making Adriel worriedly go to him. "Are you alright, dad?" she asked in a gentle tone, patting his back, but Thomas just harshly slapped her hand away from him.

She looked at him in disbelief, wondering how he suddenly gained that much strength in his body when during the past few days, he had become s