Chapter 75 - Telling her grandma...

“Liz,” her grandma stood in the doorway of her bedroom. “What’s the matter, my child? Why do you look so upset lately? You didn’t go at work today?”

The worried-looking expression on her grandma’s face made her sad. She closed the short distance and held her hand. Gently pulling her toward her bed, Liz sat her down on the edge of it before taking a seat beside her. “Grandma, I need to tell you something.”

“What is it about? Tell me,” the old woman softly said as she squeezed Liz’s hands reassuringly in hers.

“I’m – I’m pregnant.” Liz hesitated for a moment, fearing her response.

She closed her eyes and waited, too afraid to look at her grandma’s reaction.

Her heart pounded anxiously, her chest heaving and her breath uneven. She felt a lump forming in the back of her throat when her grandma’s hands slipped from over hers. She mustered up some courage and opened her eyes to look at her.

Her grandma was frozen in shock, staring into space but with the lines that had formed across her for