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“It’s fine Ohhhh,” she groaned

“You should’ve told er I’ve never even seen you eat a burger It’s always salads and spring rolls and the occasional bit of fish”

“I don’t usually eat red meat I just crave it sometimes when I’m about to… Um” April stuffed a tot in her mouth

“About to what?” Samson looked down at her in confusion and then chuckled “Oh Right”

“What do you think you’re right about?”

“I have a sister and have dated a er by now? We’ve been dating longer than a month”

“If you’ve dated a million women, you know that soer cravings But when I do get burger cravings, they are intense I once had a clinic doctor tell s out, but I never had real insurance until now” April wiped her mouth

“I’m always safe, so you don’t have to unless it helps your overall health” He stroked his hand down her shoulder

“I have been looking through our network for a doctor I’ the crunch She didn’t usually worry about being a little bit late with her period, but now that she thought about it… She was very late It couldn’t be possible, though She watched him put a condom on every time He was a fanatic about it

The thought nibbled away at the edge of her consciousness for the rest of the day It caused her to second guess every twinge in her body It should all add up to hormones, but what kind? If it added up to a baby, ould Sa children? Would he leave her? Could she force herself to get rid of it, just for him?

That night, she lie awake staring at the ceiling and wondering what she should do Of course, the obvious ansas that she should find out for certain and have a talk with Samson about it That was the nore it and hope that it was just her body being out of sync due to stress again

Part of her knew She moved her hand down her stomach to her lower abdo habits over the past week,

April slipped away Sunday afternoon, clais back at the apartet started on reva Imperial Aparted

She picked up the test in a convenience store on the corner a block from Lana’s apart with a squeal of tires She ran upstairs and, finding an ehly three e of the tub, numb and dumbfounded

It was hard to focus on anything now that April knew Her top priority should have been finding a way to tell hi out her loosest clothing andHer second priority beca up an appointment