“No. But I chose her the second I saw that test.”
“You were scared to tell me.”
“Because you spent 10 years making motherhood sound like a threat.”
He flinched.
I stepped back with the folder.
“You told me this baby would change everything.”
“It will.”
“You were scared to tell me.”
“Just not for me?”
He said nothing.
Then he said, “It’s too late to stop it now.”
I picked up my purse.
“Watch me.”
***
I didn’t go home. I called my OB from the parking lot and told the nurse, “My husband put someone else’s name in a birth plan I didn’t approve.”
“It’s too late to stop it now.”
They saw me that afternoon.
My doctor read the folder, then looked at me.
“Marie, you control your medical care. You choose who enters the delivery room.”
“What if someone brings a contract?”
“Then security can read it outside.”
Before I left, I removed Christopher as my contact, blocked Holly from updates, and added a password.
“Marie, you control your medical care.”
