Chapter 865:

Soon, he had crammed the entire pack between his cheeks!

Eric’s face puffed out, his eyes prickling with unshed tears.

Even with all that sweetness, why did bitterness still coat his tongue? “Hadley, I’m sorry… Joy, I’m sorry…” Eric murmured.

The clock struck late into the night.

Fresh from the shower at Silver Villas, Eric emerged, his hair still dripping, and flicked on the television. He scrolled through channels until he landed on a program and pressed play.

“From the moment conception begins, a woman’s body embarks on a remarkable transformation…”

A documentary about pregnancy and childbirth filled the screen. The room lay cloaked in darkness, the TV’s faint glow casting fleeting light across Eric’s face.

Eric stared, transfixed, whispering to himself, “So, bringing life into this world is this harrowing.”

doting families by their sides, the women on screen teetered on the razor’s edge between

about Hadley in

lifted a trembling hand to

was merely 20 years

endless nine months? And then, how had she shouldered the burden of raising Joy single-handedly

had been so young when she was forced to face life’s

young woman tending to a frail,

the stretch of four long years that snuffed

from the table, and hurled it to the floor

scattered like broken

eyes shut, agony washing

absolution! Meanwhile, across town at

tightly against her

she realized she no longer had to put

it seemed he wouldn’t stand idly

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