I touched my aching belly, barely able to talk. "What did you just say?"

"She lost the baby!" Richard pointed at her room, looking wrecked. "Doc says she might not be able to have kids now! That what you wanted, Sophia?!"

Dead silence!

His words hit me like a punch to the gut. Felt like I was choking on cotton. After what felt like forever, I managed this sad excuse for a laugh, "So she lost her baby, huh?"

But I lost mine too, ...