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Thirty-Two weeks

Author: I.O PIETRO
last update publish date: 2026-05-24 05:01:39

"She dropped," Nadia says.

She says it with the particular satisfied calm of someone whose prediction is proving accurate, and she makes a note without looking up from the scan equipment.

I am at the examination table. Tuesday again. Thirty-two weeks today and outside the building the November light is doing its flat grey version that comes in sideways through the window and makes everything look very still.

"Dropped," I say.

She has moved into a lower position, Nadia says. Earlier than typical
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