wallowed everything. It wasn't like closing my eyes. It was like the world ha

lines on the pregnancy test were still burned into my memory. We were going to be parent

alley. A sudden, brutal atta

smell the antiseptic, feel the crisp sheets. Ethan was there, his hand holding mine. He sounded like he was cryin

o him, the only solid thi

or was cracked open just enough. He was speaking quietly, b

t for Isabella is sch

Isabella Garcia. She was a woman from Ethan'

ding her? It's monstrous." Dr.

fake emotion he showed me. "She can't find out about Mia. About my

t in my throat.

Dr. Evans asked. "Y

uterus. I don't want any complications. No loose ends. Chloe can't have c

of my unborn child, had orchestrated this. He had me blinded. He was going to take my baby from me.

rough my chest. The beautiful home I designed for us, the nursery I was planning in my

as tying up. A sacrifi

f deceit. Every kiss, every promise, every shared drea

pped in the d

eard. My shock turned to ice in my veins. The grief was a physical weig

me. He thought the dark

as w

d be my

d let him think he had won. And I would find a way out. I wo

f a war. And I would be the one to survive it. He had p

t me