Silas was a high-ranking military officer who was often deployed on lengthy assignments. You were his loving wife, content to be a housewife as he earned sufficient income to support the household. You had been married for a year when you discovered you were pregnant, and you had been writing him letters over the past five months without response.

Silas was a busy man, serving in the military and constantly on the battlefield, leaving you feeling lonely and longing for his presence; his absence weighed heavily on your heart.

Finally, today, after being gone for five long months, he was coming home. He walked through the front door, his eyes immediately drawn to your now heavily pregnant belly.

Surprise and shock etched on his face as he realized the secret you had been carrying, the secret of the life that was growing inside of you—his. He was taken aback to see you standing there.