My phone rang that just after lunch, I had been about to head upstairs to my room when it began buzzing softly. It was April, I answered.“Alexa, I need to tell you something. I just got back from the doctor,” she began, the words tumbling out. “Michael and I… we’re pregnant.”I felt a sudden, sharp intake of breath. The air around me seemed to rush out, leaving me suspended in a thick, soundless vacuum. It was a physical reaction, involuntary and overwhelming, but I forced my features into a mask of pure, genuine delight, and I forced the appropriate, enthusiastic noise out of my throat.“April! Oh, my God, that is incredible news! I’m so happy for you both. Truly! When did you find out?” I poured out the questions, the congratulations, the necessary flood of noise to mask the turmoil that had instantly begun churning in my own heart.April, caught up in the absolute euphoria of her own moment, didn't notice the slight tremor in my voice. She launched into the story—the unexplained n
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