" Francis..?" I said, with a hint of uncertainty to my voice. Her face kept giving me different reactions. Lying here, being subjected to my tummy being squeezed, not like it hurt or anything, it just felt weird. I got antsy more and more the more she left me hanging with my unanswered, unspoken question.

She looked up at me, beaming so much I could almost see the gaps in her teeth that I guessed came with age. "Luna" she says, "you are blessed, in your stomach you have child." I was ...