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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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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hospital bills, diapers,

need to retrieve

step further, but at that moment, a flaming beam from the ceiling crashed down in front

“Ah!”

instinctively stepped back, narrowly avoiding

was now obstructed by

“Hadley! Escape now!”

“No!”

leaving Breaking away, she made a reckless dash into

“Ah!”

Turning swiftly, Hadley felt the flames lick at her lower back, eliciting a sharp wince

“Hadley!”

out and yanked her to safety. “Are you

his concern with a shake of her head, even as coughs wracked her body, spurred by the

“Let’s go, now!”

arm, her neighbor pleaded, “You can’t return

“But…”

kill you both! If you go back, it might cost both your lives. Escape

her neighbor, Hadley managed to flee from

had ed to retrieve her savings.

was she to

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“Ah!”

sudden, intense pain struck her, causing

matter?

crowd formed around

“She’s having her baby!”

for an ambulance! We need to get her to a

“Ah!”

“Stay strong!”

delivery table. She withstood a harrowing

delivered

newborn in her arms, and tears welled up in Hadley’s eyes as she beamed

Here was her child…

Her own family…

wasn’t alone in the world

the moment, she let her eyes fall shut and

consciousness.

afternoon, Hadley held her infant close,

empathetic in her demeanor, was nearby, observing Hadley. She had come to discuss the outstanding hospital bills. Hadley

Hadley lowered her head,

with nothing left to

noting Hadley’s youth,

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an

family, or perhaps friends, who could assist you? Call them the nurse

eyes began to brim with

She had no

was a mother and could not ignore her

through her bag,

She called Eric.

phone echoed

the call was picked

“Eric…”

“Hello?”

was Linda’s voice that

Eric? He’s unavailable at the moment. But feel free

Linda truly offer

Linda harbor resentment

however, Hadley had no room for such

were non–existent for

“I was wondering if he might… possibly help

framed her request carefully, not

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