He Called Me "Barren" at Christmas Dinner—I'm 8 Weeks Pregnant With Twins

Описание: The silence at the Christmas table was deafening. Twenty-three people stared as Marcus pointed his wine glass at me across the candlelit dining room and declared, "Well, maybe if Rachel wasn't barren, we'd actually have something to celebrate this year. " The crystal stemware trembled in my hand as his words echoed off the walls of Helen's Victorian mansion. Eight weeks pregnant with twins, and he calls me barren.

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I should have been glowing with the secret David and I had been keeping for two weeks. The ultrasound images were tucked safely in my purse, two tiny heartbeats captured in grainy black and white. We'd planned to announce it tonight, maybe during dessert, when the champagne had made everyone warm and sentimental. I'd even brought special ornaments for the tree, little baby booties that would serve as our big reveal. Instead, I found myself frozen in my chair, staring at Marcus Wellington, David's older cousin who'd appointed himself the family patriarch since Uncle James passed last spring.

His face was flushed red from too much wine, but his eyes held the cold satisfaction of someone who thought he was being clever. The worst part was the ripple of uncomfortable laughter that followed his comment, nervous chuckles from relatives who didn't know how to respond but felt compelled to fill the silence. David's fork clattered against his plate.

"Marcus, what the hell is wrong with you? " "Oh, come on," Marcus waved his hand dismissively, settling back in his chair like he owned the place. "We're all thinking it. Rachel's been married to you for what, eight years now? Not even a pregnancy scare. Some women just aren't built for motherhood.

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