*I didn’t … You…., Can’t you….”

My heart pounded wildly in my chest as I slapped my hand over my mouth to shut the scream that emitted, clutching my arms to my chest.

Doctor Max repeated the news of my baby being alive, and I couldn’t help but burst into tears uncontrollably. I stared at him unblinkingly, trying to process what I had just been told, waiting for the explanation to elaborate on this topic further.

three years!

I spent three years wrongly assuming that my baby died during childbirth, considering myself a failure for my inability to protect my innocent child.

Holy cow!

Rubbing my eyes mercilessly, I placed my hand on my chest as though trying to stop my heart from escaping, stuttering in response.

“W–Why? Why did you lie to me, Doctor Max?”

The shadows of fear clouded his face as the horizontal lines of worry appeared on his forehead, he confessed shakily,

“I didn’t intend to hide this, but I was threatened to say otherwise, Laura. A dangerous man threatened to kill my family if I let you see your child alive.”

The mention of a vile man perked up my ears, helping me control the tsunami of emotions in my heart. I hardly composed myself.

Doctor Max? It was your professional obligation to

at that time.

that you aren’t telling me a fabricated story to extort

me?”

tone knocked all the slyness from Doctor Max, he

a birth certificate and all the necessary documents in the file to prove iny claim. Please give me

drawer of the side table, bringing out a green file with great difficulty.

Laura. Please

of the world. It was a fact that it was impossible for me to believe

emotions, I rummaged through the papers desperately, only noticing the significant details. My with tears to see ‘male‘ in the gender

a

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a mother

out about my son warmed my heart, but it

of the file, it was evident that Doctor Max had made

good for

and needed money, even God was on my side to punish my tormentors. As I turned the last

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