“Another?”
She adjusted the transducer slightly.
A second small shape appeared.
It was smaller, but unmistakably present.
Then another heartbeat filled the room.
Rapid.
Strong.
Alive.
Dr. Salinas smiled faintly.
“Mrs. Laura, there are two.”
I covered my mouth.
Two.
There wasn’t just one baby growing inside me.
There were two.
Two tiny lives had been developing while everyone around me treated my pregnancy as proof of betrayal.
Two hearts had continued beating while Diego celebrated with Paola in Polanco.
Two children whose father had already rejected them before discovering they existed.
Dr. Salinas turned off the sound, giving me a moment to absorb the news.
But I could still hear those heartbeats in my mind.
Diego abruptly dropped into a chair.
His legs seemed unable to support him.
“No,” he whispered. “No, no, no.”
Paola stared at the monitor.
“Twins?”
The doctor answered carefully.
“Early twin pregnancy. It will need to be closely monitored.”
