"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."

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

quickly called her name.

stood but hesitated, feeling

purse with a smile that barely masked her true feelings. "Go ahead, I'll hold

Why had Mrs. Perez suddenly brought

the end, she didn't ask any

results came back quickly. The doctor glanced at the test results and smiled warmly, a smile

Perez's 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

undeniable evidence left Mrs. Perez silent,

back, Mrs. Perez 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 said carefully, trying to make

once disliked her so openly was now acting as though they cared. Lydia didn't know how to

it over. "It's fine. Just make sure you

left, leaving Lydia standing at the door with two

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