« I had the procedure two months ago, Ximena. I’m not stupid. »
And that word went through me.
***Stupid.***
That is what my husband of eight years called me.
The same man who told me it was for us, because things were tight, and maybe later we would think about it again.
And I reminded him what the doctor had said about the follow-up tests. That it is not immediate. That this can happen.
And he had already decided.
« Who is he? »
« What? »
« The father. Tell me his name. »
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