Ash

Three months later

"Hey, babe, I'm going out for a walk with Clarissa, will you be alright alone?"

Hazel eyes smiles at me but I can see the strain in her eyes. It's all because of me. I trace my eyes across her features and dip lower to her boobs - they're fuller and bigger, straining against the tee shirt she's wearing. My eyes continue their descent until they stop at her baby bump. It's bigger and definable.

My kid is in there - our kid. I smile, knowing that in a few months, I'll welcome our daughter into the world. The smile slides off my face as I...