168 — “Should we get married already?”

The doctor’s words make me hold my breath. If I want to find out the gender of our baby? Just the possibility makes my heart race with excitement and joy. I waited for it so badly, and now it’s about to happen.

I lie on the stretcher, my trembling fingers gripping the sides of the sheet. Desmond sits in a chair next to me, close by. Our eyes meet, and I reach for his hand, for his touch that comf