CHAPTER 38: TWO RED LINES

MY HEART FLUTTERED FAST IN EUPHORIA as tears fall from my eyes while looking at the result of three pregnancy test kits on the sink. These past few days, I felt something was different in me, and I had a gut feeling that I must be pregnant, especially the symptoms such as dizziness, nausea, mood swings and weird cravings. With that, I decided to take a pregnancy test secretly, and went immediately to the comfort room inside my office here in Casa Accardi.

Mas gusto kong makasigurado na tama ang aking hinala bago ko sabihin sa kanila. Ayaw kong masaktan sila. Ayaw ko naman kasing magsabi agad hangga’t wala akong katibayan.

‘Two red lines means positive. . . I’m really pregnant. . . It was a huge bomb for us this new year.’

Sobrang masaya ako lalo na’t nagbunga na ang matagal na dasal at hiling namin. Paniguradong matutuwa si Deus Paulo dahil gustung-gusto na talaga niya maging big brother.

Indeed, it was a new year full of blessings and surprises for us. I’m really emotional and