Chapter 129

“Letitia, you’ve gotta have a thing for the kid’s dad, right?” he said, “That’s why you’re making such a big deal out of this! You wanna have babies for him, stay in touch, and you’re itching for the day you two can shack up together, aren’t you?”

“Yes!”

“Say it again!”

“Yes, yes!” Letitia went all in. Screw it, she thought. If he’s not gonna believe the truth, might as well play his game and tick him off!

“The kid’s dad said he’d marry me, and I’m waiting for him!” Letitia blurted out. “He’s sweet to me, cares about me, he promised me a future! Compared to you, he’s a thousand, no, a million times better!”

Elgin’s temples bulged with veins, “You’re just trying to tick me off, Letitia!”

She scoffed and curled her lip. “Can’t handle a bit of talk, huh

And what about her? She lost her child.

Letitia’s hands trembled non-stop as she slowly covered her now flat belly.

it was fiat as before, but she knew the child was there, alive and well with her.

But now…the baby was gone, nothing left

The child was her reason to keep on living, and Elgin snuffed it out with his own hands

Now, the only thing Letitia had left to care about was her aging parents

But her parents will get old and one day they’ll leave her too.

Then she’ll be all alone, no strings attached, no one to hold anything over her.

Elgin stood by the bedside, looking down at her. “Letitia, you sure you wanna go head-to-head with me?”

She ignored him, her palms gently stroking her belly, pretending the child was still there.

“You have two choices, Elgin said. “You better play smart and pick the easy path.”

“What choices?”

live a good life with me, as a real husband and wife. Or two, hate me, defy me, and

road to take when the choices are so stark.

all the

it

forget everything, and live meekly and without dignity at Elgin’s side like a pet canary, like his

of woman to live off someone else,

eye. “I won’t walk the easy path

biting the hand that feeds

give birth to the child, just wanting him to live, even if I never see him… but you just had to crush all

way, we can…”

There’s no ‘we’!’ Letitia cut him off. “Elgin, I am me, and you

a

His

hospital bed, the blanket sliding off to reveal her patient gown,

if I wanted this, Letitia said. “Elgin, it’s always about you, your feelings, making

I won’t listen to you.

the heartache of

entangled Letitia pushing her to

tossed a pillow at Elgin, throwing anything she could get

bedside table was

shattered into pieces.

who thought something was up, and they kicked the door open and rushed in, “Mr. Ramirez!” Letta, feeth

movements had been

pulled it out and knocked over the

bodyguards were stunned. “Mrs.

as he

to me yet you expect

her quietly.

“Not even close”

keep

him, “Why are you so calm? Because you’ve got no heart, you don’t feel

then sharply

“Mr. Ramirez

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