In My Desperate Time

I can't get a pregnancy test in prison. So I'm not sure.

I don't know whom I can talk to about that.

And I have no idea what to do if I'm really pregnant.

I am at lost, but instinctively, I want to protect my unborn child.

Fortunately, Mindy will come to visit me today. I can use her advice.

Through the glass, I see Mindy looking at me with anxiety.

I force a smile at her, then sit down, and pick up the phone.

Mindy sobs while talking, tears rolling in her eyes.

"Jane, you seem to have lost so much weight. And you look haggard. Did you get bullied inside?"

Got bullied?

I sure did.

humiliations

something

"Mindy, I might be

Mindy's expression suddenly changes.

that she almost

are you pregnant now? You can't keep

when I hear she says it so decisively, suddenly, I feel even more

"Why?"

I murmur.

custody? Frances or you? Actually, you don't like either of the options, do you? What's more, it hasn't been long since Earl was born, and you delivered her by c-section. You shouldn't give birth to another child

does have a point

I can be very stubborn. I'm not good at taking others'

want to

know how it hurts to

You can't

just know it. I've got pregnant once. I know how it feels when I'm pregnant. Besides, my period has been delayed by ten days."

not convincing at all. I'll help you come out

in the prison. They won't