CHAPTER 67: STIGMATIZED

KATIE’S POV

"I promise you, it's not going to be a distraction," I assured, flattening my palms on the table and leaning closer to the woman sitting opposite me.

Luckily, I wasn't getting morning sickness except for the dizziness and sleepiness.

She lifted a hand, fingers brushing aside her ginger hair from her eyes. "I'm sorry, miss, we can't have you here."

I grit my teeth, feeling desperate. This was the second college I had applied to, and she told me the same thing.

What does my pregnancy have to do with my studies anyway?

"The baby isn't due till months to come. By then, I must have covered a lot of ground. I swear I can fit into your school schedule."

"It's not just that, Miss Tessa." She took a deep breath, preparing to explain what I already knew she would say.

"Very soon, the pregnancy will start showing, and then what? You'll need to be skipping class for checkups, and we don't allow that here. The maximum amount of days you can skip class in a session is a week, and tru