Chapter One Hundred-Forty-Four

Four weeks later, Bea stood in her bathroom in her family home, staring at the pregnancy test lying on the vanity like it might suddenly change its mind. That somehow there was a mistake.

Two pink lines. Clear as day.

She’d known. Of course she’d known. Her period was two weeks late, her breasts were tender. But knowing and seeing it confirmed were two different things entirely.

Pregnant.

She pres