the place Michael had chosen for our baby to be born. He said it would be "natural," "pure,

lm. He kept giving me something, a drink he said would help with the pain, but it made m

e, and another, a woman's. Jessica. My st

ice low, stripped of any warmth I though

ass. "Good. Is it done yet? I can't wait

, but my limbs were lead, my tongue thick. I

, and I could almost see his smug smile. "She bought it complete

s leaving for, before my stupid, desperate act. It was all a l

hat about her baby? We stick to the plan, right? It has t

s so out of it, she won' t know a thing. We tell her it was stillborn. Tragic,

. He me

ll explain her mental instability. How she needs to contribute. I know a place in the city, a rough part, but

at old hag, dying before she could see her pr

ng, cut through the drugs. I wanted to scream, to claw at them, but I was paralyzed, a