My Husband Chose His Mother’s Vacation Over My Pregnancy Until He Returned To The Truth I Left Behind

sensation moving across my lower back.

Then I picked the phone back up and called Marianne.

She answered on the second ring, the way she always did. “Nora.”

“It’s time,” I said.

A pause. “How far apart are the contractions?”

“I’m not calling about the contractions.” I paused. “Well. Not only about the contractions.”

“Tell me.”

“They left this morning. Five continue reading …