Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 369

“Twins?!” My voice cracked, reeking of disbelief.

“Yes, but you’re so skinny. Don’t you watch your diet? You have to eat more and buff yourself up. Having one kid is already a pain in the butt. Having two will definitely need more fuel in the tank. Where’s your husband? Is he here yet? Let the doctor give him the lowdown later.” The ultrasound doctor said to me. She was very nice and kind about everything.

I was drowning in that unexpected joy, but when she brought up my husband, my mood changed.

I guessed I was just cut out to be a solo mom. When I walked out on Neil, life threw a baby at me.

“I’m divorced. It’s cool, I can handle the kid on my own.” I didn’t sugarcoat it. I just laid out my situation as it was. I didn’t want to answer any future “Where’s your husband?” questions.

Some things only need to be spelled out once.

Hearing my answer, the doctor let out a sympathetic sigh, “I see. What a shame. There are folks out there who can’t have kids, even if they wanted to. But here you are, hitting the twin jackpot. If you guys were still together, your ex would probably be over the moon.”

I didn’t need Neil to be over the moon. He had his life, and I had mine.

Walking out of the examination room, I felt like I was still in a dream. My folks were outside, looking all worried, probably thinking that I was shooting blanks.

“Rena, how’d it go? Was there something wrong with the scan?” My mom came over, all concerned and anxious.

“Even if there is, don’t sweat it. Medicine’s all high-tech now, there’s always a fix!” My dad tried to soothe me before even hearing about the scan results.

Under their worried starès, I snapped back to reality. The joy on my face was uncontrollable. “Dad, Mom, you’re about to be promoted to grandparents!”

Then they glanced at each other, their faces morphing from disbelief to shock. My

that

off his glasses and dabbed at the corners of his eyes, all choked up, “Fantastic, I’m

one nugget.”

to mean?” My

put up two fingers and

Mom practically jumped out of her skin; she rushed over to support

hanging over me at that time had been swept away, replaced by bright sunshine. I was suddenly brimming with anticipation and motivation for

I confirmed that I was pregnant, I became the

and avoid too much exercise. I wasn’t like everyone else. I couldn’t blindly pursue fitness. The best

his days tinkering with the plants in the yard, trying to make

took care of me so thoughtfully,

and the others. There’s no wall without cracks, so I figured

Bonnie were two peas in a pod; if she found out I was pregnant,

was, as long as it

“Mom, mom!”

some reason that day, my mom didn’t answer when I called her. I had just woken up from my afternoon nap. I was starving and wanted her to whip me up something to

due to the cold weather, it got dark pretty early. The lights in the yard were on,

of bed and left the bedroom, trying to find where my parents had gone. I hadn’t

was Russel’s

not daring

had always

that I had some stuff to deal with at the hospital, so it took me a while.

much stuff?” That was my dad’s voice, he seemed to have a good impression of Russel too, thanks