Five Years Later

Mady was feeling heavy with her almost six months along the way. This was her third pregnancy, and though the first two ones were like a walk in the park, she started to feel that being pregnant in one's mid-thirties was not as easy as her previous pregnancies.

She just came from a meeting that she needed to cover for Cyd, who went on special leave to attend to a personal matter. Although Mady tried to walk as professionally as possible, she started to waddle like a duck when the last of their guests disappeared through the office doors.