53 First sonar

Date = 21 January

Place = San Francisco (UCSF Mission Bay Medical)

POV - Melaena

At week 8, your baby is about the size of a kidney bean. Hands and feet are forming tiny fingers and toes, and those arms are able to flex at the elbows and wrists. At this point, eyes begin to develop pigment, and genitals are forming too, although it's still too soon to know whether you're expecting a boy or a girl.

Is that what’s in my tummy, a little bean with Damion’s DNA in its system? The repercussions of … passion, love, forever? How did an intelligent girl like me walk into this situation? Can I blame ignorance, innocence, or maybe stupidity?

Damion made it pretty clear that he doesn’t want a baby and isn’t ready to be a father. On more than one occasion.

But I’m hoping he might come around. At least he said he loved me … that’s something. So maybe after the initial shock wears down, he will love the little bean too.

Kiara puts her head on my shoulder, her voice against my ear while she reads on —