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"I think so."

"Does he know?"

"No."

"Are you going to tell him?"

"Yes."

"Do you want to keep the baby?" he asked.

It was such a normal question for a doctor to ask,
and I know it sounds impossible, but I had never
asked myself that question. "I don't know," I said,
gesturing helplessly. "I've never been pregnant be-
fore."

He was sympathetic. "How old are you, Roxanne?"

"Eighteen."

"You're legal."

"What do you mean?"

"You can make your own choice." He paused.
"Have you told your parents?"

"I only have a father. I haven't told him."

He studied me. His brown eyes were kind. "You
look like a girl with a head on her shoulders. You know
the choices you have?"

I nodded. "There aren't that many of them."

"There's a family planning clinic in Foster. It's a
two-hour drive. If you want to go there, you just have
to give me a call and I'll set up an appointment for
you."

"I don't want to go there," I said so sharply I
startled us both. He didn't want to say the word, and I
didn't want to hear it, but we were both talking about
abortion. Just the sound of it in my head made me feel
sick. I wished they had given the procedure initials
instead of a name. Like, oh, just going to have a ABT.
Be back before lunch. Then I could pretend it wasn't