“If it’s a boy, we will welcome him to the family with a grand celebration. But if it’s a girl…” Her body trembled in fear as she heard them hiddenly. Gathering all her strength, she escaped the house.

While running, she heard a voice from her womb, “Well done, Maa.”

(Dribble is a micro fiction where the story lengths exact 50 words. Read more of my dribbles here.)

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