(Jade)
The ultrasound room was cold.
I lay on the table and stared at the ceiling, trying not to think about anything at all, while the technician moved the wand across my stomach. Brad stood near the door. Neither of us had said much since they brought me in here.
I was too afraid to say anything that might make this worse.
The technician's face gave nothing away. The same calm expression doctors and nurses always wore, the kind that revealed nothing whether the news was good or bad. I needed someone to tell me something. Anything.
"Just breathe normally," she said. "I'm checking everything."
I stared at the screen even though I couldn't make sense of the shapes on it. Grainy outlines. Black and white. Somewhere in there was my baby.
My fingers found the edge of the table and held
