"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."

clinic, frozen in disbelief. It was a quiet weekday, so there weren't many

nurse quickly called her name. "Next,

stood but hesitated,

her purse with a smile that barely masked

shake the confusion. Why had Mrs. Perez suddenly brought her

she didn't ask

the test results and smiled warmly, a

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

yourself. You can already make out the shape of the baby. Everything

Perez silent, staring at the

to buy some supplements and insisted on coming over to help Lydia cook. But Lydia politely declined. "Mrs. Perez... you don't have

unsettling. Someone who had once disliked her so openly was now acting

tried to smooth it over. "It's fine. Just make sure you get your housekeeper

she left, leaving Lydia standing at the door with two

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