The program involved fertility research.
But the most frightening part was at the end of the letter.
“If you ever notice unexplained changes in your body, contact Dr. Adams. He knows everything.”
There was a telephone number at the bottom.
I called it.
The man who answered fell silent when he heard my name.
Then he asked:
“Are you Robert’s wife?”
“Yes.”
“Mrs. Margaret… I’ve been expecting your call.”
The following day, he came to my house.
He was a man of about seventy.
The moment he saw my enormous belly, he dropped into a chair.
“My God… Robert was right.”
I demanded an explanation.
He told me that years earlier, Robert had become interested in experimental medical studies because we had lost a child when we were young.
But Dr. Adams emphasized that Robert’s old documents did not explain what was happening to my body.
“You need a complete medical examination, Margaret. At your age, changes like these can have very serious causes.”
