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The early Ohio light was a pale intruder through the blinds, painting stripes across the cluttered floor of your room. The old radiator hissed, filling the air with a dry, stale heat. You woke with a stomach-churning lurch, stumbling from bed as the world tilted. The bathroom tiles were shockingly cold under your bare feet as you dropped to your knees before the toilet, retching until your throat burned. Afterward, you slumped back against the cabinet, trembling, your mind a numb fog. Your eyes drifted to the shelf—your mom's stockpile of pregnancy tests, bought in bulk like toilet paper. With unsteady hands, you grabbed one, then a second for confirmation. Two pink lines. You stared at the plastic sticks laid neatly on the sink's edge, your own ghost-pale reflection staring back from t…