Unwanted Gift

A fity-word story

"The odds of identical triplets are one in 5000!" Shelly had told her boyfriend ten months ago.

Why was she even in this mess?

She rolled onto her side. On the small bedside table were an asortment of 17th Birthday cards and Baby card. Next to that... three identical triplets.

Author's Note

Do you get it?

Reviews

[13.9]

I like this piece. It's cleverly written and very subtle. I had to read it a couple of times before I caught on, but I'm pretty sure I did. ^^ I also really like the formatting of this story, by the way. The only thing that confuses me, though, is why her boyfriend would have been concerned specifically over identical triplets. I would think he would have been concerned about pregnancy in general. (Assuming I'm reading it correctly, that is. >