I look at her, confused.
“You and Patrick.”
I open my mouth to reply and then shut it
immediately. The truth is that I don’t know what to
say. Patrick and me? Nothing. Nothing is
happening. He’s worried about his employee, like
he’s already said more than once.
End of story.
I don’t respond and Rain doesn’t ask. She’s like
that. She’ll throw out an argument just to see you
go into a panic and then leave everything in
suspense to make you reflect on it and go nuts.
~ ~ ~
“And so, everything’s proceeding along as it
should,” says the doctor. “I’ve prescribed you
some vitamins and the first sonogram. I’d say you
could go about your business as usual: work,
studies, no problems there. Try not to use
excessive force in doing anything and not to wear
yourself out and you’ll see, you’ll make it to the
end without any troubles. And now, shall we listen
to the heartbeat?”
“The heartbeat?” I ask while Rain squeezes my
hand tightly.
“I’d say you’re about eight weeks gone by now,
so we should be able to hear it,” he says and in
confusion, I allow him to put some cold gel on my
abdomen and continue with the exam.
“Here, do you hear it?”
Rain explodes into emotional tears while I try to
