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Agonizing.

I lifted the test.

My stomach dropped.

Two red lines.

My breath froze in my lungs.

No.

No.

No.

This couldn’t be accurate.

Maybe it was faulty.

Maybe it misread something.

I grabbed the test again and shoved it back under the stream — even though there was barely anything left to test.

I waited again.

Hands shaking.

Heart pounding so loudly I could hear it in my ears.

I lifted it once more.

Two red lines.

The panic exploded through my chest.

It can’t be.

I ripped open the second test with trembling fingers.

Same process.

Same waiting.

Same unbearable silence.

I looked down.

Two red lines.

My vision blurred slightly.

Third test.

Two red lines.

Fourth.

Two red lines.