\u2666Blackridge Correctional Facility had always prided itself on being impenetrable \u2014 a fortress of order and discipline where nothing escaped the watchful eyes of its security network. Every corner of the facility was monitored by high-resolution cameras. Every keycard swipe was logged, every corridor recorded, every cell accounted for. It was the kind of place where secrets were supposed to die before they were ever born<\/p>\n
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So when Inmate #241 \u2014 Mara Jennings \u2014 began feeling waves of nausea and dizzy spells, the medical staff assumed it was stress, poor diet, or another case of the flu that often circled the cellblocks. But when the bloodwork returned, Dr. Eleanor Hayes froze in place, her hand trembling around the printout.<\/p>\n
She read the results twice. Then a third time.<\/p>\n
It was impossible.<\/p>\n
The lab report was clear \u2014 Mara was pregnant.<\/p>\n
For a long moment, Eleanor simply sat at her desk, staring blankly at the paper. Her mind raced through every possibility \u2014 a testing error, contamination, or even some cruel prank. But the data was consistent, undeniable. The last male staff member had been dismissed three years earlier, and the current team \u2014 from guards to janitors \u2014 was entirely female.<\/p>\n
Her pulse quickened. Something was deeply wrong.<\/p>\n
Without hesitation, she called Warden Clara Weston to her office. Clara, a stern woman with decades in corrections, arrived within minutes, her jaw tight and her eyes sharp with curiosity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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