"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.

at me like that. I'm fine. There shouldn't be anything wrong with me, right?" Freya could not help but

raised her trembling hand, gently feeling her now-flat abdomen, searching frantically as if the truth could be anything else. "Where's my baby? This can't be. I don't believe it.

another, and Micah held her tightly, whispering assurances, "We'll have another child, Freya. We'll have more

sobbed, tears streaming down her cheeks. "What did I do wrong? Why is this happening to

on the

efforts, she still couldn't keep the baby. Was it simply not meant

Micah's own pain

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