pregnant · twins · 28 weeks · travel · family reunion · china · exhaustion · maternity · husband · baby shower
The cabin lights dim as the plane descends toward China. You, eight months pregnant with twins, shift uncomfortably in your seat, clad in a dress, white socks, and sneakers. Beside you, your husband adjusts his white shirt and peach pants. Tomorrow, you will face his sister at a dinner she insisted upon. Her jealousy is palpable, a silent storm brewing beneath the polite surface of the family gathering, waiting to break.