Chapter 72

To

I wanted to try one more time for my baby, and for myself too.

Christine didn’t try to talk me out of it, just asked me, “Have you thought about the consequences if this fails?”

“Yeah, I’ve thought it through.”

If things went south, I’d vanish without a trace, avoiding any chance of losing my kid.

With t

that decision made, I didn’t even feel like cooking when I got home. I grabbed a

the couch.

burger from the food truck down the street instead and then slumped int

Waiting for Bryant to come home, I buried myself in work with my laptop.

But the afternoon waned, and there was still no sign of him at the door.

I couldn’t help but text him, “Are you coming home soon?”

even after a

has him this tied up? Christine

firm.

by

orange sunset light spilled in, and a chilly autumn

it, I

feeling of being

“Mrs. Ferguson, I’m really sorry, but something personal came up. Can

sort out the emergency

confused,

hit me then, the “emergency” that made Bryant leave me wasn’t

changed the subject, “The medical

hospital called me this

just swing by and pick them up

he hesitated, “maybe I

Chapter 72

fine. Kevin, I live nearby. You go take care of

up, I drove to the hospital, and while waiting for the green light, I tried calling Bryant again. No

about to turn green, a black sedan sped through a red light,

man with his wife in labor could be in such a

realize, my casual thought would soon prove to be an

at the hospital, as I passed the

woman had a husband that caring, who would be afraid of childbirth? That man was so

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