She couldn't sleep.
She couldn't stop wondering—would he leave her, too?
The next morning, he sensed the distance between them.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
She hesitated, then whispered, "I'm pregnant."
Shock. Then—relief. Then—something else.
Something she couldn't quite read.
Fear.
And suddenly, she had her answer.
He wasn't afraid of fatherhood.
He was afraid of becoming the man he used to be.