71 Sophie's Tears

"Argh."

Nicholas placed the scroll aside and massaged his forehead. Nicholas wondered if all of the dust was starting to affect him badly that he would get hay fever or some sort of sickness even though it was winter.

Nicholas would finally notice that there was something that seemed to be gone. He stared at a shelf that didn't have any dust on a small box-shaped area while its surroundings were filled with enough dust.

"Huh, this looks like there's supposed to be some kind of small book here?" Nicholas muttered.

Something was truly missing.

***

"You are pregnant."

What the doctor told Sophie rendered her speechless. She didn't know what to say and for a few moments, she sat on her chair, frozen.

She… was pregnant?

The wind outside was howling, the temperature dropped to really low and she coud see snow started falling again outside the window.