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?”

reply came even after a

kind of emergency has him this tied up?

firm.

are short, and by five, the sun was already

spilled in, and a chilly autumn breeze blew

it, I had my phone in

this waiting, this feeling of

his voice awkward, “Mrs. Ferguson, I’m really sorry, but something personal came up. Can I have your

you guys sort out the emergency

confused, “What

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

I changed the subject,

the hospital called me this

by and

Ferguson,” he hesitated, “maybe

Chapter 72

live nearby. You go take care of your

waiting for the green light, I tried calling Bryant again. No

sped through a red

labor

my casual thought would soon prove to

parking at the hospital, as I passed the emergency room, I overheard people

afraid of childbirth? That man was so anxious, his eyes

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