he obeyed.
The door closed.
I turned toward the screen.
And started crying.
Not because Diego had been proven wrong.
Because the little heartbeat was still there.
That was the only thing that mattered.
PART 3 — THE SECOND SURPRISE
Dr. Salinas handed me a tissue.
“I need to show you one more thing.”
Fear returned instantly.
“You said the baby was okay.”
“The baby is.”
She paused.
“Actually, I should have said the babies are.”
I stared at her.
“Babies?”
She moved the probe again.
Then pointed.
One.
And another.
Two tiny shapes.
Two flickering heartbeats.
My mouth fell open.
“Twins?”
She smiled.
“Twins.”
I began laughing through my tears.
It was the strangest sound I’d ever made.
Half sob.
Half laugh.
Pure disbelief.
Two babies.
After years of wondering whether motherhood would ever happen for me, there were two heartbeats on the screen.
I touched my stomach.
“Both okay?”
