His Eagle Eyes on Me

"Are you married? If you don't want the child, we will need the signature of the father to proceed with an abortion," the doctor said.

Shelly could not possibly get Hayden to sign the paperwork for her because she had no means of reaching him.

"Can't I just sign it myself?" Shelly asked. "I'm not married, nor do I have a boyfriend."

"You must be really careless, then! You can get a family member to sign it for you. You won't be able to proceed with the procedures today, so you will need to make an appointment," the doctor continued. "Why don't you go home and consider your options?"

"Do I have to get my family to sign it? They aren't in the same city." Shelly was reluctant to inform her family about this as her parents would be devastated.

The doctor shot her a look. "Get the father of the child to sign it, then. Without anyone to sign the consent paper, who's going to take responsibility if something goes wrong during the surgery?"

the doctor was merely advising her in accordance with the hospital's rules, so she did not argue further. "I will

that far along in your pregnancy yet, so you still have options. If you

medical record and felt like the world was spinning before her eyes.

she did not have a boyfriend, she could not begin to imagine her life with

the hospital, she noticed that the bench was empty and sat down

hesitate before

not care if she could not find a partner

owed. She would not able to

debt combined with the inability to work and the need to make ends

to it, or my child is going to suffer alongside me!' she