"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."

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

nurse quickly called her

stood but hesitated,

smile that barely masked her true feelings. "Go

brought her here? Why was her attitude toward Lydia

didn't ask any

doctor glanced at the test results and smiled warmly, a smile Lydia had seen before. "Congratulations,

face twisted with a strange mix of emotions. For a moment, she looked pleased, but there was also

her the ultrasound. "See for yourself. You can already make out the shape of the baby. Everything

Perez silent, staring at the

even offered to buy some supplements and 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

was now acting as though they cared. Lydia didn't know how to

smooth it over. "It's fine. Just make sure you get your housekeeper to prepare these for you. You need to take

she left, leaving Lydia standing at the door with two heavy bags

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