Other contraception was necessary until testing confirmed there were no remaining sperm.
Diego had waved away the instructions.
“Doctors always say things to protect themselves,” he had told me in the car.
I had trusted him when he later claimed everything was fine.
Now Dr.Salinas placed the unsigned follow-up form on the desk.
“The pregnancy dates are fully consistent with conception before the vasectomy,” she said.
“Nothing on this screen supports your accusation.”
Diego reached for the paper.
I sat up and took it first.
His eyes narrowed.
“Give me that.”
“No.”
It was the first time I had said the word to him without explaining, apologizing or softening my voice.
Paola shifted beside him.
Her phone, resting on the edge of the examination table, lit up with a message preview.
The sender was Diego.
The message read, “Once Laura signs away the house, we can announce our baby.”
