Pregnant from a one night stand
I stood there, staring at her while my fingers tightened around the money in my hand.
Her friend, who had been standing a short distance away, suddenly laughed.
"Selena, leave the girl alone," she said, walking toward us. "Come on."
But Selena wasn't finished. She looked at my bare finger again before shaking her head.
"Getting pregnant without even being married," she muttered. "Some people don't have any sense."
Something inside my chest tightened.
For a second, I wanted to tell her everything. I wanted to tell her that I had been married, that I had once worn a wedding ring, and that I had spent years desperately wishing for a child while being made to feel like I was somehow defective be