Six days. Nadia had been counting the missed period without meaning to, tracking the calendar in the back of her mind like a ticking clock in an empty room. She convinced herself it was stress. People missed their period when they were stressed. That was normal. She clung to that explanation for six days straight. But on the morning of the sixth day, she woke up a full hour before her alarm. She lay on her back, staring at the dark ceiling, acknowledging the cold weight in her stomach for what it truly was. Lying in bed wasn't going to make reality disappear. He got up. She showered, made herself a cup of black tea, and stood by the kitchen window. She drank most of it mechanically, watching the fog clear from the glass. When she left the apartment, she walked past her usual bus stop. The January air was sharp, turning her breath into white plumes, but she kept walking until she reached the main road to take a completely different route. She had planned this carefully. She c
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