CLAIRE

I'd been feeling different for about two weeks, tiredness that didn't match how much I was sleeping, the coffee Julian made every morning suddenly smelling different in a way I couldn't explain.

A sensitivity that sat just below the surface of everything. I bought the test on a Wednesday and I put it in my bag and brought it home and put it in the bathroom cabinet, and then I didn't touch it for four days, just knowing it was there was enough for now.

On Sunday morning Julian left early to meet David, he kissed my forehead at the door. "Back by noon," he said.

"Okay," I replied....