s sharp with alarm. "Wha

bed, making sure I was asleep. I ke

s voice a frantic whisper. "It's late

rents worried about her, how m

he shook her head. "My being here makes Calista u

low, a picture of t

to a fist. His face was a c

he promised her, his voice firm. "She won't come home for a wh

n't..." s

aby is my son, too. I won't have him

full of hope. "Do you... do y

econd, then nodded. "Yes. Of cours

o," he urged. "Som

she threw herself into his ar

nst his mouth. "I love you so much, Axel. I don't want to make thin

ch, his voice turning

aby would be fine. He would give

n to rest on the

What about her baby? Will

st her neck before he spoke

. Her baby w

the fetus is stable

save it this time so she wouldn't blame you. But when the time is right... she won't

, wrapping her arms t

," Axel chuckled, his

t audience to their depraved passion. They thought I wa

cries gre

eone will hear." He covered her mout

ied her out of my room, into the em

istakable. Grunts, moans, the sounds of two p

at the ceiling. Hot tears traced a path from m

was a complete annihilation of

d patched up so many times, finall

ted shouldn't be born i

, a grim determination settling in my sou

r expression sl

d, my voice flat. "The one

ctor said the fetus is perfectly healthy. And after yo

Find a doctor who is willing to perform the procedure. Now." The irony was bi

d my name, must have convinced her. She

ld, clinical blur. I felt a strange emptiness as the

doctor toss the bloody rem

b

people who should have loved it, but who had co

y eyes. It

e last of my consciousness