Betrothed To Six Lovers
It was our burden, our fight.
Therapy with Dr. Harlan continued twice a week, a lifeline in the chaos. "You're carrying more than twins," she observed in one session, her eyes kind behind her glasses. "You're carrying grief, fear, hope. It's okay to feel all of it." Ethan sat beside me, nodding, his thumb rubbing circles on my hand. We'd discuss strategies for coping: breathing exercises for panic attacks, journaling to process the nightmares where Damien stole one baby away. "Visualize the outcome you want," Dr. Harlan urged. I tried, picturing two healthy infants in our arms, Damien banished to the past. But visualization couldn't erase the court date looming like a thundercloud—three week
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