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corner, voices rising in urgent commands,

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in searching and questioni

ecause of the threatening text on my phone. When

eps echoed through

his usual unread

ce was calm, but there was something

. I regret to inform you that your fianc

saw something crack in

ds clenched in my lap. I could still hea

ever take w

in front of me, his gaze sharp. "

my blood ran cold whe

ssa had a fight with you la

"Yes, we did. Sisters

nough to quarrel all the time."

y daughte

ecent quarrel about?

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n the company. Wasn't it?" Leonardo w

been in love

Mr. Romero." I replied,

o with you being the illegitimate child?" D

to prove that I could be useful to father but n

ound something i

ned. "

ag, and my stomach dropp

s are all over it

y throat. "That's impossible. I hav

er room in the last month? I didn't even rem

iercing. "Can you explain

mouth, but n

sister? To the family?" Dad yelled. Holding

er..." The tears d

mily." Dad said finally. "I should hav

at. I'm innoc

riminals cry that they are inno

him. I looked to Leonardo, maybe he could use his connection

trouble. Since the night I first saw y

prison. It all felt like someone's elaborate plan to

ter!" The warden

wn used to, a prison inside the prison. I've stopped fighting it. There's no point. Five weeks in, and I know the sounds of this pl

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but only because exhaustion weighs me down like a chain. I scrub floors in the mornings, keep my head low in the yard, and sp

ing in my stomach. It's not like the usual sickness that comes with bad food

665 down." The last thing I hear before darkness s

ic, and fluorescent lights hum above me. My stomach churns as I try to sit up. A woman

ou're pregnant," she says,

. "No. That's

eyes. Her lips pre

e test was

mach, my mind racing. I was hardly intimate with anyone except

voice comes o

act like you didn't sleep with anyon

d, a sharp, fr

throat tightens. The

le. "You can keep the child. Once it's

breath. "And if

ation. It's a lot of paperwor

Nothing is mine to decide-no

call so

baby's father, you'll

rtles me. A guard pokes

eplied leaving me t

't re

ck to my cell, my finger

s is Leonardo's child.

ause I had no direct link to him. The only on

he still c