"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."

health clinic, frozen in disbelief. It was

called

but

smile that barely masked her true feelings.

brought her here? Why was

end, she didn't

results came back quickly. The doctor glanced at the test results and smiled warmly, a smile Lydia had seen before. "Congratulations, you're

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

for yourself. You can already make

Perez silent, staring at

the way 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 sense of

openly was now

over. "It's fine. Just make sure you get your housekeeper to prepare these for you.

standing at the

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