At ten weeks, she attended her first ultrasound. Having her father with her raised a few curious glances, claiming he was attending as the 'father' of her baby wasn't involved and her mother was ostracised from the family. That explanation certainly earned approving smiles from the nurses towards her father, though his focus was only on her.

Seeing their child for the first time made her cry harder than she could remember. Her only regret was that she couldn't tell the world that her own father was the reason why she was carrying their child. Otherwise, she was told the baby was healthy from what they could see, and she...