Alice

I grasped Wendy's trembling hands, offering what little reassurance I could. "Everything will be alright," I said softly. "Things happen."

Wendy's eyes welled up with tears as she shook her head.

"It was a big mistake, Alice. Something that shouldn't have happened. We just got drunk, and...and we did it. We had sex, but I didn't think it would lead to this. I wasn't on birth control, and I suddenly started feeling nauseous and began vomiting. When I took the test...I was pregnant…. Two months already."

Wendy pulled out the pregnancy test from her pocket and handed it to me. I took it, my eyes locking onto the two...