The Darling Duck

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"How'd it go?" The shop assistant sweetly asked

"Fine" I politely replied before turn away to leave the store

"Oh, wait" she called out to me

"Don't forget, the item you asked us to put on hold" she smiled, pulling out a blue striped gift bag

"For the donor" the woman continued, my eyes shot up to the woman bewildered by what she just asks

"What?" I paused with confusion "What did you say?" I asked her again

"You asked us to put this on hold for the egg donor" the woman told me, reaching into the bag

"We personalized it and everything" she smiled, holding up a necklace

I frantically pulled it out her hands, my eyes focused on the name and my heart dropped. My previous conversation with Emily ran through my head. In a confused panic I turned away from the woman and continued to stare at the necklace. With every second that I looked at Emily's name oxygen escaped my lungs. I had never been that scared in my life, boiling hot blood rushed to my head as breathe continued to escape my lungs

"Are you okay?" The woman asked, stretching out her arm as I swayed back and forth almost fainting "Do you need to sit down?" she continued to ask with concern

I took a deep breath before frantically turning back around to her

"Where is it?" I asked while searching through the bag which previously contained the necklace. The necklace that literally spelled out the terrifying truth.

"What, what are you looking for?" She asked with confusion

"The puzzle piece" I shouted with anger, looking up to the woman

"They must have told you to put it somewhere" I screamed

"I'm not sure..."

"I need it" I helplessly interrupted her

"Okay" she said with her hands defensively up at her chest

"I need that damn puzzle piece" I softly said in a panic

"I'm sorry, I don't know what piece you're talking about"

I felt completely violated. My mind was overwhelmed and my heart continued to rapidly beat as I dizzily ran out of the store; knocking things down as I ran out.

"Alison! Watch. Are you okay?" Emily asks, picking up the teddies I accidentally knocked off the shelf

"Are you okay?" Emily asks again

"Yeah. I'm fine. I was just thinking about the last time I was here" I tell her, peeling my eyes off the woman who gave me the necklace

"Do you know her?" Em asks me

"Kind of. She was the woman who told me about Lily and Grace"

"What about them?" Emily laughs

"That they aren't mine, they are yours. Well, I mean that the eggs weren't mine"

"That was a long time ago. Let's forget about that and buy everything we need for our baby boy" Emily smiles, kissing my cheek

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