Pregnant For My Father-in-Law
It was giving me a headache, sharp pulses behind my eyes that made the car’s hum feel like nails on a chalkboard.
“Okay Ciara, stop thinking and reserve your energy till you get home,” I mumbled to myself, voice barely audible over the engine.
I knew how my brain was wired, it would run and run, chasing solutions or answers until I was exhausted, piecing together conspiracies from scraps while ignoring the real problem screaming in my gut...hunger.