1 Scandal Unveiled

"How could you let this happen, Flora?" Emily's voice trembled with a mix of anger and disappointment as she banged on the locked door in which her daughter hid. "You're barely an adult! You should have come to me if you were in trouble. If I hadn’t gotten news that you were here in this quack building carrying a protruded belly around would you have kept it to yourself alone?!" Flora's voice quivered as she retorted behind the closed door, "I didn't plan for any of this, Mom! You think I wanted this? You think I wanted to ruin everything? I was embarrassed and confused. I felt the need to hide" Tears welled up in Emily's eyes, her frustration evident. "You were supposed to be careful, Flora! You should have known better!" She felt the weight of her mother's words bearing down on her. "I thought it was Presley, Mom.” She confessed. “I swear! I didn't mean for this to happen." "I didn't know what to do, Mom. I was scared!" The room seemed to close in around her