My OB Stopped The Ultrasound And Warned Me To Leave My Husband – The Archivist

and safe, with lifeguards who actually paid attention. I floated on my back, counting my breaths, feeling the support of water that wouldn’t betray me.

“You okay there, Margaret?” asked Tommy, the teenage lifeguard who’d become protective of his older swimmers.

“Yes,” I said, meaning it completely. “I’m perfectly fine.”

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