C66 Taken

Date = 21 January

Place = San Francisco (On the road)

POV - Melaena

We move into the adjoining room. It smells faintly of coffee and antiseptic. Diplomas line the wall. A soft hum from the air conditioner fills the silence.

Dr. Burden gestures for us to sit.

“Congratulations, Mel,” she says warmly. “You have a very strong, very healthy little baby growing inside you