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Thomas closed his eyes, as if he could cope on his own.
I turned to the woman and smiled.
A woman standing under a porch | Source: Midjourney
“Hello,” I said. “I’m Laura. Thomas’s wife. Ryan’s mother.”
Her face fell and she clutched her stomach.
She let out a raspy breath and took a shaky step back.
“No. No. No! It can’t be. Thomas said he never married! That work was too important throughout his life. But he didn’t want to be a bachelor married only to his job…”
A distraught woman | Source: Midjourney
"Single?" I repeated. "Yes, I'm sure he's pretty good at acting single. Or is he devoted to you?"
Tears welled up in her eyes.
“Oh my God,” she said.
And just like that, Thomas's whole world came crashing down.
Sophie spoke first, her voice trembling with betrayal.
An upset young woman standing outside | Source: Midjourney
“You promised my mother a future. You told her you’d marry her. And that you’d always be there for us and the baby! And all this time… you lied?”
Thomas ignored her and turned to me.
"Laura, please. I never wanted to..."
I raised my hand.
