Proserpina

Strangely enough, I found that there was now a change in my attitude to the baby and to the world around me. Possibly because the little devil in me had begun to allow me to eat without forcing me to rush to the washroom to throw up, I thought, half amusedly. I had an idea that the child I was carrying would be more like Ria, a tyrant.

To be fair to him, Lucien had fixed an appointment with the old doctor who had arrived at the house, as crusty as ever. But after ...