Chapter 411 Guilt-Tripping

“What is it?” Elliot asked.

“Five years ago, we… we had a baby together.”

Elliot had one hand in his pocket as he stood in front of the French windows in the study, and when he heard what Hayley said over the phone, his eyes widened. “What are you talking about?”

“Our baby didn’t manage to survive, but I was looking through my stuff and I found the sonogram from all those years ago. Our baby…” Hayley let out a heartbreaking sob. “I lost the baby at three months… I’m so sorry for not being able to keep him.”

He was shell-shocked. He never thought that he had hurt Hayley more than she let on five years ago, and he didn’t ever expect her to have gone through a miscarraige.

“I didn’t know that I was pregnant at the time. I was always so overworked and tired, and by the time I found out I was expecting a baby, the fetal heartbeat had stopped.” She was crying even more mournfully now on the other line as she went on to say, “It was all my fault. I didn’t know I was having a baby. If I did, I would have done everything I could to bring the baby into this world.”

crying,” Elliot urged gently. “That’s enough now. Don’t beat yourself up over

side effect from the miscarriage. Elliot, I want to see you, right now…” Hayley pleaded, “Can you please come over and see

He frowned. “Right now?”

now. I’m really, really unwell, and I want to see you. Please,” she

he agreed. He couldn’t believe that Hayley had suffered

evening time, and Anastasia was resting in her bedroom when Elliot pushed the door open to come in. “I need

replied

want her to know that he was going over to Hayley’s place because he

time will you be

later than

then. Go ahead.” She didn’t want to intrude too much upon

gave her a long look, then turned and

room and sat down in front of the vanity. She happily grabbed her cosmetic bag and began to put on her make-up so that she looked ready

beautifully under the lights. A delighted smile curled on her lips, and she was entirely happy with how the procedure had turned out even though she bore some semblance to

toward her wardrobe to pull on a stunning negligee that revealed just the right amount of skin. After that, she grabbed a white fur coat and draped it over herself to add a

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