My heart skipped as soon as he let those words out of his mouth. Even though I knew I had seen my cycle for this month, I knew science could choose to play a fast one on me.

"Six days ago," I frantically replied him. Boy, I was scared.

He looked at me, then to the paper he held in his hands and asked, "Are you married?"

"I was," I managed to say.

Time seemed to stand still as I paused to think about the consequences of what he was about to say. What if I was truly pregnant? How would Hugo take it? Was I ready to be the...