THE CHILD HE NEVER KNEW

THE CHILD HE NEVER KNEW >Real-Life Drama / Marriage Heartbreak / Pregnancy Loss / Family Secrets / Emotional Suspense Intimate, devastating, tense, psychologically raw, guilt-ridden, and ultimately bittersweet. Sometimes the secret we keep because we are afraid of losing someone becomes the very thing that destroys the love we were trying to protect. She ended a pregnancy without telling her husband. Years later, she discovered he had been grieving the same child all along. Twenty-three-year-old Naina Sharma married Arjun Mehta, 27, against both their families' wishes. They ran away together believing love would be enough. It isn't. Their rented one-room home leaks when it rains. Bills pile up. Arjun works exhausting shifts for little money while Naina takes temporary jobs wherever she can find them. They sometimes skip meals to make rent. Then Naina discovers she is pregnant. Arjun has been talking for months about how desperately he wants them to become financially stable before having children. Terrified that a baby will push them into poverty-and convinced that Arjun will feel trapped-Naina secretly terminates the pregnancy. She tells him she was sick. He believes her. But Naina never recovers emotionally. Years pass. Their finances improve. Arjun begins talking about having a child. And every time he does, Naina feels as though the child she never allowed him to know about is sitting between them. Then she discovers something that changes everything: Arjun knew she was pregnant. He had known almost from the beginning. And he has been waiting years for her to tell him the truth. But that is only the first secret.