"Freya," Micah's voice came out hoarse, laden with pain.

Why did this have to happen to them, of all people? They had been looking forward to their baby's arrival so much, with baby clothes ready, even a name nearly chosen. But life had other plans.

"I'm really okay," Freya tried to reassure him, though her words only deepened the ache in Micah's heart.

He looked down from her face, his gaze lingering until it settled on her abdomen. Once gently rounded, now it was flat. He wrestled with whether to tell her the truth. If he said it, how would she bear such heartbreak? Yet, even if he kept quiet now, she would eventually learn the truth.

The words hovered on the tip of his tongue, but Micah could not bring himself to say them.

be anything wrong with me, right?" Freya could not help but follow his gaze downward. As her eyes landed on her belly, realization hit her like

as if the truth could be anything

whispering assurances, "We'll have another

streaming down her cheeks. "What did I do wrong? Why is this

found out she was expecting, she had been so cautious, avoiding anything that might have an impact on the baby. She stayed away from every food that seemed even

all her efforts, she still couldn't keep the baby.

do anything wrong. This was just a terrible accident," Micah's own

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