Chapter 4 She Had No Right To Give Up
“Really?”
Eric’s smile was cold, dripping with scorn.
“So, this is about money, isn’t it? Not even a month has passed. What’s the hurry? Rest assured, you’ll receive your due. Just be patient. Surely, you don’t think we’d let you go hungry?”
He paused briefly, his tone becoming terse. “Avoid calling me unless it’s urgent. I’ll get in touch if there’s any need.”
With those final words, the conversation abruptly ceased.
Clasping the phone tightly, Hadley’s shock was evident.
To such an extent, Eric despised her.
“Absurd.”
With a frail chuckle, Hadley’s face turned ashen. Requesting money from him had left her feeling profoundly demeaned.
In silence, she lifted her hand to her unchanged stomach, closed her eyes, and allowed tears to escape quietly.
Eight months had passed.
Hadley was sleeping peacefully in her modest room, her pregnant belly prominently displayed.
The arrival of her child was approaching. Despite the doctor’s recommendation for an early hospitalization due to the baby’s backside position, Hadley merely smiled and
remained silent.
Her pockets were empty.
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Chapter 4 She Had No Right To Give Up
Eight months earlier, following that call with Eric, he had spewed nothing but cruelty.
Yet, the financial support he promised never materialized.
Hadley had drained her savings. With no way to afford her apartment anymore, she ended up in a run–down neighborhood.
She never reached out to him for financial help again.
The thought of being labeled a parasite was unbearable.
After moving, Hadley managed to secure some part–time work, balancing it with her
studies.
Her earnings were limited, but through careful budgeting, she made enough to sustain herself.
As she drifted in sleep, the night erupted with cries of alarm.
“Fire!”
The shout pierced the air.
“Escape!”
Roused abruptly, Hadley leaped from her bed and threw open her door to a scene of utter chaos. Smoke engulfed the corridor as flames danced violently.
Her complexion drained of color in an instant.
“Hadley!”
Her neighbor, a fellow student, was frantic with worry as he caught sight of her.
“Why haven’t you fled? It’s a fire! Get out now!”
“Right, got it!”
In a rush, Hadley spun around to snatch her backpack.
She moved to venture deeper into her apartment, but her neighbor’s firm grip stopped her. “Are you out of your mind? Why are you heading back in? Leave immediately!”
“I must!”
Hadley’s frustration was clear as she stamped her foot.
Inside, her savings lay–every single penny she had painstakingly gathered for her baby’s
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needs: hospital bills, diapers, and
to
flaming beam from the ceiling crashed
“Ah!”
instinctively stepped back, narrowly avoiding
was now obstructed by
“Hadley! Escape now!”
“No!”
consider leaving Breaking away, she
“Ah!”
her. Turning swiftly, Hadley
“Hadley!”
neighbor reached out and yanked her to safety. “Are
shake of her head, even as coughs wracked
“Let’s go, now!”
neighbor pleaded, “You can’t return
“But…”
child! The smoke alone could kill you both! If you go back,
neighbor, Hadley managed to
back, and she had ed to retrieve her savings. Powerless, she watched as her modest
she
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“Ah!”
struck her, causing Hadley to
matter? Are you
formed
“She’s having her baby!”
ambulance! We need to
“Ah!”
“Stay strong!”
to the hospital and positioned on a delivery
she delivered her
placed the newborn in her arms, and tears welled up in
Here was her child…
Her own family…
in the
of the moment, she let her eyes fall
consciousness.
held her infant close, her gaze
observing Hadley. She had come to discuss the outstanding hospital bills. Hadley had managed to pay a fraction, yet
lowered her head, at a loss for
utterly defeated, with nothing left to
noting Hadley’s youth,
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an uncaring
could assist you? Call them the nurse gently suggested,
began to brim with
She
mother and could not ignore her obligations,
bag, she retrieved her
She called Eric.
echoed unanswered
the call
“Eric…”
“Hello?”
Linda’s voice that responded, smooth
the moment. But feel free to
truly
Linda harbor resentment toward
however, Hadley had no room for
were non–existent
“I was wondering if he might… possibly help with some
her request carefully, not as
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