cedure was

ersonal doctors who w

complied. Olivia was absent, but her p

mbryo. Ethan' s chil

constant reminder of my

Ethan didn't take m

isused wing of t

everything. The ai

e boarded up fr

ntil the baby is born. It's qui

s a p

e door from

days were a bl

od he left on a tra

a constant ache, a holl

e despair bec

n mirror in a dilapidate

ape, I could end

e sharp edge

creaked o

er than I tho

from my hand, his fa

by too?" he snarled, shaking

to the bedstead wi

chance," he said, his

like that

he untied me but h

thing I could us

day, Ol

dusty room, a pictur

with false sympathy. "You mustn't upset yo

s what she w

a small, s

ed anything," she sa

didn't rea

over my still

an important thin

felt lik

in medical equipment. A

matter. Only the

listening. His face would soften sl

the child I was

ntact was Ethan' s brief, functional visits,

a vessel, a thi

constant, alien p

it. Only resentment an

ht a doctor. An old

ssure, listened to my h

tor told Ethan, not looking a

. "She gets food. She

e to eat, spooning bland, tasteless f

ze this baby, Sarah,"

rally. But I had nothing to

asite, feeding on

sit in the room, knitti

ling "Angel" how much she wa

was a ne