*Delilah*

Pregnant.

My hands started shaking, the pregnancy test bouncing wildly in the air with the movement. The words screamed at me in all caps on the small screen. I dropped it like it might sting me.

How could this be happening to me? I brought my knees to my chest and hid my face in my knees trying to slow my breathing.

I couldn’t be pregnant. I was a lone wolf with no family or friends. I worked at a gas station and lived in a motel. What ...