ter
g my
e's
you haven't been ab
wly as she repeated herself, but the words didn't seem real. I clutched my phone, staring blankly at the screen
doctor " I ask as
hand now your body has been unable to nourish the fetus , this causes the fetus to deceased and I will
en you are ready for the surger
or clicked shut behind her, leaving me alone in the sterile r
a quick
E HOSPITAL
or the receipt. Nothing. Five min
Why would
years of loneliness. Five years of being invisible to the man I married. Christian was
an
. She was his first love, the one who "got away." She went overseas to study, leaving him with noth
, she i
at the TV mounted in the corner of the hospital room. The r
, was seen greeting her at the airport with a brand new luxury car. Sources close to the pair conf
, grinning like he hadn't in years, holding Amanda's hand as they descended from t
ing compar
phone. My heart leapt
ed the
t I care is Amanda her b
hest burned, and tears blurred my vis
say that? How
hit his number. The phone ra
busie
from me; now, he was erasing any chance I h
peeked in, her expression gentle b
"Yes miss bright." Let's proceed
urgery? "She asked. I wished there was someone to co
. As they prepared me for surgery, I
the other. "He's such a romantic. Waiting all these years fo
yone saw him as a hero. A devoted lover. No one k
. The fluorescent lights buzzed faintly above. My heart felt heavier
nurse wheeled me into the doctor's office, where I s
ndow, watching the rain streak down the glass. My phone buzze
apped up, startled. It was Christian. He looked so surpris
e hard and cold, a stor
are you doing
cutting through the