The moment hung in the air, pregnant with tension, as Bella mustered the courage to share her life-altering secret with her parents. The dining room, typically a place of familial connection, now felt like a battleground of conflicting emotions.
"I'm pregnant," Bella uttered, her voice quivering under the weight of the revelation.
Her mother's eyes widened, aghast, while her father's face contorted into a mask of disbelief. The room seemed to freeze, the air thickening with unspoken judgment.
"Pregnant?" her mother exclaimed, her voice a mix of shock and fury. "Bella, this is unacceptable! Do you realize what you've done?!"
Her father, sitting stoically, suddenly rose from his chair, his face turning an alarming shade of red. "How could you be so foolish?" he thundered. "Do you have an
