Lies, Betrayal, And The Baby I Hid Away

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conference room of the high-end

looked less like a concerned parent and more like a quee

dark circles under his eyes stark against his pale

place. She was poured into a tight red dress th

settlement offer onto the mahogany table with a dismis

d his mother to the floor," my lawyer sa

d up, sharp and grating. "She lunged at me!

sheer audacity of the

aid, my voice quiet bu

nto the table. "You're just jealous because Michael wants me. Y

awyer warned, his tone le

hed across the table. Before anyone could react, she grabbed

ld water hit my skin, dripping down

to grab her. He didn't restrain her. Instead

ead at me as if I were a disappointing child. "You prov

Her movement was graceful

," Eliza

ael sneered, leaning back in his chair. "I want 5

t me like a p

n my peripheral vision, swarming like insects. My chest

" I gasped, claw

ded as if it were coming from un

y head hit the table with a sickening cra

ile white of a hospital room. The stea

olding my hand,

and of hair from my forehead. "High blood pres

iles, counting the patterns.

my bones like ice. "He will use this baby to torment me for the re

on my hand. "We will fight hi

" I

ver me. It was cruel. It was drastic. But

the baby

shocked, her composure cr

ce trembling but firm. "Tell him the stres

a, tha

hinks there is no baby, he leaves. He doesn't want *me*. He wants the heir. He

long time, searching my eye

andle it,

ked into the waiting room where Mic

demanded, spinning aro

t him with a face

aid, his voice grave. "The stress... th

cing. The color dr

do you

make it," Mr. Hay

ically punched in the gut. He collapsed onto

d. "That's... tha

ant to see you. You have caused enough damage. If you have a shred of dece

in his hands. His sho

, he looked small.

pital room, mil

hand gently

kicked. Strong

eyes, tears

," I whispered into the silence.