For years, I dreamed of becoming a mother. After countless clinic visits and heartbreak, I finally saw two pink lines. I was overjoyed… until I told my husband, Aiden. “Maybe it’s not too late to undo this,” he said. Those words broke something inside me. He grew colder by the day. Ignored nursery plans. Shrugged when I showed him onesies. It was like the baby didn’t exist.

Then came his mother, Gloria. “It better be a boy,” she warned. “Or you’ll have to leave the family.” I was stunned. Aiden didn’t defend me—he added fuel to the fire. “If it’s not a girl, maybe I won’t stay.” Their true colors showed days before the baby shower. I overheard them talking: Aiden had a vasectomy. He didn’t want this baby. Worse—he had a mistress named Veronica. And they were plotting to push me out. I didn’t cry. I made a plan.

At the baby shower, guests gathered for the gender reveal. Aiden smiled fake, Gloria hovered like a queen. Then, Veronica walked in—invited by me. I handed her the cake knife. She gave a speech about truth, about betrayal—and then cut the cake. No pink. No blue. Red. Inside was my wedding ring, and beside it, divorce papers.

“I figured you wouldn’t have the decency to ask,” I told Aiden. Then I looked at Gloria: “You wanted a grandson. Now, you have no grandchild at all.” And finally, I walked out—hand on my belly. “My daughter and I? We’re stronger than all of you put together.”Yeah, it’s a girl. And she’s already a fighter.