[ Anna ] One month passed in a jiffy. Days folded into weeks which in turn made a month so quick like sand falling out of a closed fist. The week after I'd fallen sick that night, we spent shifting all my things from my apartment to his. Even though I insisted I could manage that with Sam and Nish's help, he stood with me every day and every step through the way. The next week and a half after that, Zach went to work late and came early in the evening. We had breakfast and dinners together getting to know each other better and often spent time either in the balcony or in his theatre room watching movies. Sometimes his friend group joined us and we played games till dawn. On the weekend, I and him visited his mother Raina in Queens to tell her of the pregnancy, and she had been elated. W

