She cried
For the first time
And it felt overdue
But it wasn’t because of pain, it wasn’t even because…
She had wanted to know that she came to this choice on her own
She knew that she should have told me, but she wanted to wait
Until she knew that her doubts were settled
She didn’t want to worry a few months further down the road
Questioning if I had said something to make the choice for her
And now… how could she… how was she supposed to…
How do you tell the person you love they lost a child they didn’t know they had
So she cried
She cried because if for a moment she considered this…
Because all she wanted then was for me have a moment to be happy for the life we created
She shed her tears
The purest and the most selfless tears any soul ever could
As she let her body fall to the floor
No longer able to spare the focus required to maintain her own body
She needed to be able to
just for a moment
let go of everything…
… to say goodbye
Chapter Seven - Truth Be Told
It took me a while to understand
When I found her the truth of the situation didn’t come to mind
When she told me she was sorry I couldn’t feel the weight of her words
We drove in silence
But I didn’t need to, I just needed to get her to the hospital
She keep thinking to herself that she didn’t want it to be there
That she didn’t want me to find out sitting in that place
But she didn’t know how to say it
She didn’t want me to hate her
We walked in
And in the most clinical way possible
She walked up to the counter and said
“I’ve had a miscarriage.”
She held herself back from turning to me as she gave them her information
As I felt my heart change the way it beat
As my body began to cry before the realization of what she said registered
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