She didn’t know what to think. She wanted to believe it was nothing, that the nurse was right. But when she met James’s eyes, the unease there mirrored her own. Later that afternoon, when their attending doctor came by, James spoke first. “We were told her complexion might change,” he said carefully. “But is this… normal?”
The doctor smiled politely. “It happens more often than you’d think,” he said. “Pigmentation can vary at birth and often evens out over the first few weeks. Sometimes it’s from genetics that go back generations, traits that skip many years before reappearing.” Emily nodded, but her stomach twisted. “So there’s nothing wrong with her?”