The Jealousy of My Husband's Sister

y. You can come to the hospital b

ggled to support myself up and wa

ly pregnant, hurried over to me, her voice filled with urgen

out the healthy baby inside, my express

y belly that I didn't notice the slightly crazed

ame out of the her room as soon as she noticed we re

ht away but instead

ce turned sour. I hadn't wanted to upset her further, so I had

esponding, Jennifer grew impati

h expectation, then at Vivian, before

ed my hand and led me to the sofa. "That's wonderful! This is the first grandson in the famil

ennifer suddenly remembered Vivian,

r immediately realized what had happened. She pulled Vi

regnancy had been a girl, but shortly after the ultr

as carrying a girl and often lashed out

ng a boy, Vivian had convinced herself that this time, she was ca

lently beside me. I wanted to comfort her sever

r, Vivian's hand sudden

ed. "Phoebe, let me touch my little nephew for

pressing down with increasing force. Un

omen and broke out in a cold sweat. I was

ted in the womb, and by the time we reach

e the presence of the doctors and nurses, and began berating me. "You don't even need to work. All

had surgery and shouldn't be emotionally agi

octor and nurses

understand why your father was so hard on you. You're completely useless!

ef, refusing to believe he w