Welcome to your future
"Welcome to your destiny Jack!" giggled Tara. She was at the end of a long line of women, all pregnant. They were the women of Stapford Hill, the model suburban town me and my wife Lana moved in some weeks before. They were all smiling at me, making me feel eerie. As far as I could tell, I was the only man currently in the community center, something I was now quite aware as I looked at their pregnant bellies wrapped in their sportswear. Tara had invited me, but I thought it was just an afternoon coffee or something like that. I tried to ask if there had been a mistake. "No mistake, dear," reassured me Tara "We're just excited about the journey you're about to embark!" That was something she and some of the other women had mentioned in the months we spent in the place. I just thought they meant in general, using some sort of internal joke I didn't get yet. "Now, come here and let's start!" she said, inviting me towards her. I w...