[for Ellie]
Susan was anxious about her test results, and it was both easy and hard for her to wait until the afternoon to go and see the doctor at the other clinic. Easy, because if she didn't go then she wouldn't have to hear whatever news the doctor might give her, and hard because as much as she hoped it wasn't true, she knew, deep down, what that answer was going to be. Now that she was considering the possibility, her recent tiredness and nausea made much more sense.
It wasn't that Susan didn't want another baby. She loved children, and she and Jon had both grown up in families with multiple children, and it had never occurred to her that they would just have one child. But... right now. Why did it have to be right now? It's not as though either of you were doing anything to prevent getting pregnant, she told herself. On some level you must have wanted it, or you would have taken precautions. Yes, but I didn't know Jon was going to fall down a hill and break his leg. How are we going to manage this?
She cut her daily visit to Jon short that afternoon and went to the second clinic. Hopefully, they wouldn't be very busy and she could get this over with quickly. "Hello?" she asked, with a quick knock.
It wasn't that Susan didn't want another baby. She loved children, and she and Jon had both grown up in families with multiple children, and it had never occurred to her that they would just have one child. But... right now. Why did it have to be right now? It's not as though either of you were doing anything to prevent getting pregnant, she told herself. On some level you must have wanted it, or you would have taken precautions. Yes, but I didn't know Jon was going to fall down a hill and break his leg. How are we going to manage this?
She cut her daily visit to Jon short that afternoon and went to the second clinic. Hopefully, they wouldn't be very busy and she could get this over with quickly. "Hello?" she asked, with a quick knock.