"Miss Lydia, why aren't you going in?"

Lydia jumped, startled by the voice of her colleague, Layla, who had appeared behind her.

Forcing a smile, she said, "It's nothing... Oh, actually, can you hand this in for me? Something just came up."

She handed the documents to Layla and, before she could respond, Lydia hurried away.

Feeling overwhelmed, Lydia rushed out of the building, her emotions tangled and heavy. She wandered aimlessly down the busy street, unsure of where to go.

The steady flow of cars and rushing business professionals only deepened her sense of disconnection. Nowhere felt right, and the world seemed to spin around her without a place for her to belong. Lost in thought, she felt utterly out of place. Just then, her phone rang.

Without thinking, she answered, and to her surprise, it was Mrs. Perez.

"Miss Lydia, do you have a moment?" Mrs. Perez's voice was calm, almost too casual. "If you're free, I'd like to meet you somewhere."

women's health clinic, frozen in disbelief. It was a quiet weekday, so there weren't many people in the waiting

nurse quickly called her

stood but hesitated,

so "helpful," took her purse with a smile that barely masked her true feelings. "Go ahead, I'll hold onto your

Mrs. Perez suddenly brought her here? Why was her attitude toward Lydia so

in the end, she didn't ask any questions and

results and smiled warmly, a smile Lydia had seen before.

mix of emotions. For a moment, she looked pleased, but there was also a

doctor handed her the ultrasound. "See for yourself. You can already make out the shape

Mrs. Perez silent,

insisted on coming over to help Lydia cook. But Lydia politely declined. "Mrs. Perez... you don't have to go to all this trouble," Lydia said carefully, trying to make sense of the sudden change

was now acting as though they

tried to smooth it over. "It's fine. Just make sure

at the door with

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