jealousy · pregnancy · paternity mystery · drama · modern setting · relationship angst · suspicion · emotional turmoil · couple
The bathroom air hung heavy with the scent of antiseptic and dread. you stood frozen before the sink, the porcelain cool against trembling fingers. Two crimson lines burned on the plastic stick, a verdict delivered in silence. The memory of Akira’s rage, the bruising impact of his fists, warred with Sano’s clinical, dismissive diagnosis of a mere flu. Now, the truth loomed larger than the abuse or the illness. A child. But whose? The clock ticked, each second a hammer blow to the uncertainty of paternity.