Blurred Expectations
“She blinked away the tears that filled her eyes, though it was beyond pointless. They fell anyway, leaving salty lines down her cheeks. She’d have to clean her face again and put on makeup to cover the blotchiness. With practice, she was getting better at hiding the evidence of her tears. Her failure.
Another month, another failure.
She wasn’t pregnant.
Again.
Hannah looked down at the offending evidence of her inadequacy then threw it across the room. It hit the wall with a pang that didn’t ease the tremors within her. Anger coursed through her veins, and she cursed. Anger at the goddess for not blessing her with a baby of her own. Anger at the other Jamenson women who could have a baby with only a thought and, in her newest sister-in-law, Bay’s, case, an afterthought. Anger at herself for not being able to have a child and for disappointing her husbands, her mates.
Josh and Reed were the loves of her life, and every time that little plastic stick revealed there w...ould be no baby, she felt as though she’d lost; that she wasn’t worthy.MoreLess
Another month, another failure.
She wasn’t pregnant.
Again.
Hannah looked down at the offending evidence of her inadequacy then threw it across the room. It hit the wall with a pang that didn’t ease the tremors within her. Anger coursed through her veins, and she cursed. Anger at the goddess for not blessing her with a baby of her own. Anger at the other Jamenson women who could have a baby with only a thought and, in her newest sister-in-law, Bay’s, case, an afterthought. Anger at herself for not being able to have a child and for disappointing her husbands, her mates.
Josh and Reed were the loves of her life, and every time that little plastic stick revealed there w...ould be no baby, she felt as though she’d lost; that she wasn’t worthy.MoreLess
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