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!”

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

nodded; that

eyes, all choked up, “Fantastic, I’m going to be a grandpa

nugget.” I

to mean?” My dad

up two fingers

jumped out of her skin; she rushed over to support me, “Twins? So, I get to have two nuggets at

gloom that had been hanging over me at that time

confirmed that I was pregnant, I became the apple

too much exercise. I wasn’t like everyone else. I couldn’t blindly pursue fitness. The best choice was to stay in bed as much as

of it nutritionally balanced. Dad spent his days tinkering with

me so thoughtfully,

pregnancy, not even Stella and the others. There’s no wall without cracks, so I figured it’d be

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

in my belly was, as long as it

“Mom, mom!”

just woken up from my afternoon nap. I was starving and

already evening, and due to the cold weather, it got dark pretty

my parents had gone. I hadn’t taken

was

froze in my tracks, not daring to

Russel, what brings you here today?” My mom had always been super friendly to Russel,

kept the address you gave me, it’s just that I had some stuff to deal with at the hospital, so it took me a while. Otherwise, I would

he seemed to have a good impression of Russel