Chapter Thirty II

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Eartha sniffed back tears and wiped at her cheeks to check if she'd been crying. She smiled sadly and placed a hand over her tummy.

It should be about thirty one days old, if she guessed right.

Little one, we're going to be just fine, she said to her tummy. You'll see.

As if her parents had suspected something, they had called just this morning when she was barely out of bed.

She had tried to mask her miserable look and put on a bright face.

They'd only called to ask about her and the family and she had lied. Had lied that she was doing just great, that her husband was fine and was not around, that their granddaughter was still as vibrant as ever and that she didn't want to wake her up from her sleep.

She had long made up her mind that her parents weren't going to get