Maria, on the other hand, did not fair as well during the past few months as Zack had. Her stomach had bulged due to the growing infant inside of her, but her health slowly deteriorated. Part of her failing health could possibly be because the pregnancy was stressing her body, but the rest was due to malnutrition and lack of sleep.
For starters, she had remained depressed and paranoid at times depsite all of Zack’s best efforts to cheer her up. Thanks to her condition, she frequently woke up in the middle of the night screaming due to the horrors in her nightmares. Images of Salvador and her family which she lost plagued her mind. It seemed that she could not spend a single moment asleep without being tormented.
Then, there was the fact that her depression curbed down her appetite. At best, she’d only nibble on the food that Zack gave her. But on several days, she’d just wind up staring at it and refusing to eat at all.
Still, depite all of the mother’s ill health, the fetus inside her was becoming quite strong and healthy. It’s growth was sufficient enough to cause a decent sized bulge in Maria’s abdomen. So, even though Maria wasn’t overly huge, she was at least a good enough weight to have a chance of providing a healthy child.
Maria: *is currently watching the boats pass by from outside the window. Her hand idly pats her stomach as she daydreams into the distance, but her thoughts are not really on the fetus. Instead, a small stream of tears drop down from Maria’s eyes as she thinks of her family once more*