EIGHTY SEVEN

The timer rang, alerting my trembling body as I forced myself to stand up from the toilet seat. I reached out to the counter and grabbed the test stick with my sweaty palms, which were now sweatier than before.

"Please, please, please, please." I murmured softly to myself at this very moment as I turned the sticks around to see the results.

"Oh my God!" I whispered as I felt the hotness in my eyes grow with every second that passed, staring at the test.

Two lines!.

I was pregnant. I didn't know what to feel—should I be happy, sad, or even worried? I couldn't move; my hand subconsciously raised to grab my stomach. I was pregnant. I thought again.

Was I ready to have a child, especially right now with the kind of business Sin was into? Was it right to bring a child into a world like this? I pondered.

I heard the sound of someone knocking repeatedly on the bathroom door and knew it was Samantha since she was the only one here with me.

"Mani, is everything alright in there? What was the r