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CHAPTER HUNDRED AND THREE - BATTLING OUR VERY OWN DISEASE.
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Maria laid upside down, her eyes fixed at the ceiling before they shut close at the touch of that surface came in contact with her cold skin.
She shut them, realizing for the first time in that moment that she might really be having a third child. Really, cos this time, beside the ultrasound—
—everything felt real.
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FEW HOURS BEFORE
MARIA
“Mateo” My lips folded an angry pout as i looked to the clock for the nth time. I would have loved to think i was anxious for the kid’s first day at school in Mexico—
—but deep down, i was anxious for my hospital visit. And i had thought of telling the kids but i just felt they should just, enjoy their first day.
Without the events or the thoughts that they might have a sibling. Rafael would be terrified, knowing he won’t be the last anymore and Mateo—
—might just be terrified of it being another boy. He and
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