The wind howled across the Wisconsin highway, sweeping waves of snow into the darkness. The heater inside the car struggled against the cold, but nothing could melt the tension that had been building for weeks.
Leah sat in the passenger seat, nine months pregnant, her body heavy, aching, and restless. Each small movement reminded her that the baby could come at any moment. She felt both wonder and fear — that quiet, trembling anticipation of soon meeting the life growing inside her.
Her husband, Greg, was driving them to his mother’s birthday party. It should have been a simple family visit. Yet Leah knew it would be anything but.
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