The silence stretched further, making my skin crawl. I felt betrayed, so betrayed. I felt like a complete idiot before them. How could I have a life growing inside of me, and yet I could not know?

I needed explanations. Justifiable explanations for why they saw it befitting to keep such a sensitive thing a secret from me. Who gave them that right? What gave them that freaking right?

The room suddenly felt too small. The light is too bright. The walls are too close. I reached for the file, looking at it again as if hoping to see something different this time around.

But then the name, the dates,...