A moment of stifling silence fell over as soon as the words were out. My brain wasn't processing fast enough. Pregnant. Did my mother say pregnant? I felt as if I got punched in the stomach as those words kept echoing. Falling on my knees, I threw a helpless glance at her, my heart beating a mile a minute. My head fell forward into the open palms.

"Rose!" 

I blinked at her absently, dumbly shaking my head—a pup. My hand involuntarily went to the bump on my stomach, lungs ...