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!”

at each other, their faces morphing from disbelief to shock. My mom stuttered with excitement, just like me, “Is… Is this for real? Rena, are you pregnant? Am I going to be

that

corners of his eyes, all choked up, “Fantastic, I’m going to be a grandpa too.

one nugget.” I

mean?” My

put up

to support me, “Twins? So, I get

over me at that time

that I was pregnant, I

I wasn’t like everyone else. I couldn’t blindly

his days tinkering with the plants in

thoughtfully, and

didn’t tell anyone about my pregnancy, not even Stella and the others. There’s no wall without cracks, so I figured it’d be best to keep it under

peas in a pod; if she found out I was pregnant, she’d definitely think the baby was Neil’s. I

who the father of the baby in my belly was, as long

“Mom, mom!”

didn’t answer when I called her. I had just woken up from my afternoon nap. I was starving

cold weather, it got dark pretty early. The lights in

I

was

in my tracks, not daring to take

mom had always been super friendly to Russel, and today was

with at the hospital, so it took me a while. Otherwise, I would have visited you guys earlier’ Russel’s voice was gentle and polite. He

voice, he seemed to have a good impression of Russel