The big day arrives sooner than Lucy expected, the past few weeks having flown by like they were being chased.
She is in the labor room at the hospital, waiting for the nurse to bring her baby to her.
She had been too anxious and scared of this day, but it turned out not to be as bad as she thought, and before she knew it, she was a mother.
A mother.
Her child is healthy, she was told, as that was the second thing she worried about today.
But the biggest fear (Lucy does not share it with anyone) is the fear that she might not be around for a long time to look after her baby. Yes, she hasn't forgotten the reason she was rejected by her mate. He feared she would die if he accepted her. Lucy never believed that thing all through the pregnancy, but today, the fear has risen in her heart
