Pregnant?? I'm going to be a mom

Anna stared at her phone screen, her heart sinking deeper with each passing minute. It had been three weeks since she woke up to the note Alexander had left on her bedside table. The words had been simple, reassuring even, but they did little to fill the void his absence created.

She had called him countless times since then, but the results were always the same: her calls went straight to voicemail. Alexander had promised to return in two weeks, but those two weeks had stretched into three with no explanation. She understood his work was important—his company spanned continents, and he couldn't afford to neglect it—but the silence was unbearable.

With a sigh, she tried calling him one more time. The phone rang twice before the automated message played, "The person you are trying to reach is unavailable…" She ended the call and set her phone down on the nightstand with a frustrated pout.