I crack my knuckles when the professor glances down the front of her dress for the second time since we walked into his office. My Gina has yet to realize the allure her body has. I had hoped when she would be round with my child that it would show her as marked, but I see now that my thinking was a mistake. Now when men lay their eyes on what is mine, they see she has spread her legs. That she’s allowed a man to enter her most sacred place and plant his seed. Perhaps they are thinking they will be able to do the same. They are mistaken. “You’ve only chosen two classes for next semester,” the professor says as he wipes away at his bottom lip. He glances down at the swell of her belly, and I watch as he swallows. Blood rushes to his cheeks, and I would bet my every dime I have that his