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“Angel, what is it?” I press, noting the shadow crossing her face. “It’s alright, you can tell me anything,”
Sophie opens her mouth but no words are coming out. It’s like whatever she has to say is so difficult, it’s hard for her to speak.
“Six years ago…” She starts, her voice cracking a little. “Right before I went to prom… I found out I was pregnant,”
I thought I didn’t hear her right. Did she say the word pregnant?
“I was so scared, but I knew that if I could just talk to you, everything was gonna be alright. But then, I got to the prom and… all of that happened. So I went home and I drank as much pennyroyal tea as I could until I blacked out. The next thing I knew, I woke up at a hospital. I had some sort of poisoning because I consumed too much and… I lost the
