It was late in the evening. Pamela was home with her kids. Lucas and Alice wanted to have dinner with them, but she said no. She doesn't feel like hosting them.

Suddenly there was a noise of cars honking at the gate. She looked at her wristwatch, her friends are not coming to see her and she's not expecting anyone.

She's heavy now. A little more than seven months gone. Her big round belly makes her appear to have added a few pounds of ...