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2672022Savage Gracehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/savage-grace-1230003429587/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3098090/91800621-4fc3-42ec-90d8-296ca1fff9db.jpg?v=638384877869800000132132MXNEmily KimelmanInStock/Ebooks/<p><em><strong>Im pregnant.</strong></em></p><p>Gripping the test in my hand, I cant stop staring at the blue cross in the window.</p><p>Tears roll, hot and slow, down my cheeks. I huddle in a low ball, emotion bowing me. My dog, Blue, whines and presses against my side, his warm tongue on my cheek, his musky scent enveloping me. <em>A familiar comfort.</em></p><p><em>Will my child love Blue as I do</em>?</p><p>My phone vibrates on the bathroom counter, and I hiccup a sob. Squeezing my eyes shut, pressing more tears free, I hold my breath. Blood rushes in my ears, and my heart throbs in my chesta tidal wave is washing me away. <em>I cant do this</em>.</p><p>The soft ping of a voicemail brings my eyes open. Im staring at the cross again.</p><p>Blue shifts closer, leaning his warm weight against me. As tall as a Great Dane, with the elegant snout of a collie, the markings of a wolf, and mismatched eyesone blue the other brownBlue means the world to me.</p><p><em>My heart will have to make room for more</em>.</p><p>Fear slices through me, adrenaline flooding my veins and bringing another whine from Blue. Standing quickly, the adrenaline demanding action, I glance at my phone.</p><p><em>Robert Maxim</em>.</p><p>He cant know. My eyes trace to the trash can of the hotel bathroom. <em>Wrap up the test and put it in there</em>.</p><p>But my hand wont follow the advice. My fingers grip tighter, refusing to release the small wand of plastic. <em>The proof. The truth</em>.</p><p>Grabbing my phone off the counter, I step back into the hotel room. Blue stays close to my hip, his nose tapping my waist once, a gentle reminder he is there.</p><p>I shove the plastic wand into my bag, pushing it into a zipper interior pocket and closing it up. Locking it away.</p><p><em>Just throw it out.<br />I cant</em>.</p><p>My hand strays to my stomach, and Blues nose swipes against my fingers. Vision blurred with tears, I stand in the center of the hotel room, my mind reeling. Lightning sizzles across my vision, and thunder ricochets inside my mind.</p><p><em><strong>Im not cut out for motherhood.<br />I know Ill survive. Its everyone I love who dies.<br />That changes now.</strong></em></p><p>P.S. 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My dog, Blue, whines and presses against my side, his warm tongue on my cheek, his musky scent enveloping me. <em>A familiar comfort.</em></p><p><em>Will my child love Blue as I do</em>?</p><p>My phone vibrates on the bathroom counter, and I hiccup a sob. Squeezing my eyes shut, pressing more tears free, I hold my breath. Blood rushes in my ears, and my heart throbs in my chesta tidal wave is washing me away. <em>I cant do this</em>.</p><p>The soft ping of a voicemail brings my eyes open. Im staring at the cross again.</p><p>Blue shifts closer, leaning his warm weight against me. As tall as a Great Dane, with the elegant snout of a collie, the markings of a wolf, and mismatched eyesone blue the other brownBlue means the world to me.</p><p><em>My heart will have to make room for more</em>.</p><p>Fear slices through me, adrenaline flooding my veins and bringing another whine from Blue. Standing quickly, the adrenaline demanding action, I glance at my phone.</p><p><em>Robert Maxim</em>.</p><p>He cant know. My eyes trace to the trash can of the hotel bathroom. <em>Wrap up the test and put it in there</em>.</p><p>But my hand wont follow the advice. My fingers grip tighter, refusing to release the small wand of plastic. <em>The proof. The truth</em>.</p><p>Grabbing my phone off the counter, I step back into the hotel room. Blue stays close to my hip, his nose tapping my waist once, a gentle reminder he is there.</p><p>I shove the plastic wand into my bag, pushing it into a zipper interior pocket and closing it up. Locking it away.</p><p><em>Just throw it out.<br />I cant</em>.</p><p>My hand strays to my stomach, and Blues nose swipes against my fingers. Vision blurred with tears, I stand in the center of the hotel room, my mind reeling. Lightning sizzles across my vision, and thunder ricochets inside my mind.</p><p><em><strong>Im not cut out for motherhood.<br />I know Ill survive. Its everyone I love who dies.<br />That changes now.</strong></em></p><p>P.S. The dog does not die.</p><p><em>Beware: If you cant handle a few f-bombs, you cant handle this series.</em></p>...1230003429587_Emily Kimelmanlibro_electonico_ac1a7e4b-fbb3-321d-a3b8-47cab744dcfb_1230003429587;1230003429587_1230003429587Emily KimelmanInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/2288a32f-cb08-465c-8cb1-d68690228997-epub-0ad40e10-25f2-4765-be6f-18b0e21657ca.epub2019-09-26T00:00:00+00:00Emily Kimelman