An Impossible Demand

VANESSA

I gripped the steering wheel so tight my knuckles turned white. My hands were stiff, but I didn’t loosen my grip. I couldn’t. My mind was a mess, boiling with Beatrice’s stupid words.

“Get pregnant. I want grandkids.”

Pregnant. For Dominic.

I slammed my palm on the horn like it would silence her voice in my head. The driver in front of me flinched and looked back through his mirror. I didn