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Fifty-eight: Nathan
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2022-02-01 01:41:36“Nathan!” Another yell from Linnea makes me jump from my place and rush my way upstairs. She’s not just calling my name. she’s screaming at the top of her lungs. Despair fills her voice as she keeps repeating my name that my level of anxiety heightens in a matter of seconds.
I reach the top floor and find her on her knees in the middle of the hallway, sobbing as her shoulders shake. Her head is down, fixed on a specific spot.
“I didn’t… didn’t know…” she cries and I frown. What is wrong with her? She didn’t know what? “I didn’t know,” she repeats her words, looking up at me. Her face is as red as a tomato, wet with neverending tears.
“You didn’t know what?” I ask, approaching her. What happened to her? When I’m close enough to her, I manage to see the blood between her legs, making my eyes go wide. This isn’t her period. Linnea wouldn’t break down over her period. “Okay, I need you to breathe.” Is this what I think it is?
“I didn’t know,” she ke
Sara Islam Poor Linnea had a miscarriage :( Published on February 1st, 2022
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