She gently caressed her stomach, saying happily, "The doctor says the baby is developing very well and is healthy. We're already past the unstable period of the first three months. I just have to rest and eat lots of vegetables and fruits from now on…"
She chatted on and on by his side, immersed in the joy of becoming a mother for the first time, without noticing his indifference to all of it.
Halfway through her sentence, his phone rang. He opened it, not even saying a word to her, and went off to answer the call on his own.
Without an audience, she reluctantly shut her mouth.
The man, with his back to her, asked softly into the phone, "What's up?"
She knew he had other women outside, and she had known this before they got married. Over the years, she had learned to tolerate and be broad-minded.
However, this was the first time she ever heard him speak to another woman with such tenderness.
