e the nurses spoke in hushed, polite tones and treated me like a fragile piece of glass. He visited every day, br

from the world. My world. The world that now believed he was a genius and I was a delusi

. A woman with sharp eyes and an even sharper s

Dr. Thorne is prepared to be very generous. He's setting up a trust

r. "I don't wa

reement. You sign it, and you live a quiet, comfortable life. You refuse, and Dr. Thorne will be forced to release you

n me professionally, he would have me decla

he life that was gone. I felt a phantom kick, a ghost of a flutte

said, my vo

bloodless line. "I'll leave the

tearing sensation. I pressed the call button for the nurse, my body slick with a cold

were talking in urgent, low voices over me. "She's hemorrha

more terrifying truth. "There's... someth

e, fierce and desperate, surged through me. My bab

ce was a mask of shock, his composure finally broken. For the first time, I saw

e. But for the tiny, flickering life inside me. I would not let him take this