Infertile Couple's Twins After Two Months

I stared at the crumpled ultrasound printout in my hands. The black-and-white image looked like a smear of fog, and yet there they were, clearly marked: two gestational sacs. The doctor's words were still ringing in my ears like a clap of thunder. Congratulations, it's twins, and by the position they look like a boy and a girl.

Beside me sat Jacob Dunn, my husband, the coal magnate worth hundreds of millions. His face had gone ashen. The string of dark sandalwood prayer beads in his hand looked about to snap under his grip.