The doctor paused longer than necessary, as if weighing each word against the fragile air that already felt too dense for anyone to breathe normally.
Ricardo noticed the faint hum of the ceiling fan, a sound he had never paid attention to before, now stretching every second into something almost unbearable.
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“First,” the doctor continued, his voice steady but unusually soft, “all three pregnancies are confirmed and progressing normally according to the initial medical evaluations conducted.”
No one moved, yet something shifted in the room, like a quiet acceptance of a reality that had already begun forming long before this moment.
Mariana blinked slowly, her fingers tightening around the edge of the chair, while Ximena’s jaw stiffened in a way that suggested she was holding something back.
Valeria lowered her gaze, as if afraid that meeting anyone’s eyes would force her to acknowledge a truth she was not ready to name yet.
Ricardo swallowed, his throat dry, his mind already trying to calculate possibilities that felt increasingly distant from anything logical or expected.
