or and dragged Ada out into the
ble staircase. Jacklyn's fingernails d
the woman's fingers off. Her eight-month pregnant body was heavy
f a car engine shutting off echoed thr
smirk on her face morphed in
y let go of
ach with both hands. She let out
at was happening, Jacklyn t
rror. She lunged forward, her hand
closed aroun
p flight of marble stairs. The sickening sound of b
ed onto the massive Persian
the heavy carved oak f
er, bringing the freezing w
r. A pool of dark red blood was already seeping fr
s head s
nding at the very top of the stairs,
blood turn to ice. It was the lo
Ada started, her vo
he foyer and dropped to his knees beside Jack
k and trembling. She clutched his lapel. "S
y legs to move, slowly descending the stairs. "She's
hook the chandelier above them. "You are just
voice felt like a knif
ough Ada's lower back and abdomen. It was so
lapsed onto her knees on the marble steps. Warm
r air as another contraction hit
as a mask of absolute, terrifying in
ll an ambulance for her. He dialed hi
massive bodyguards standing by the d
They grabbed Ada's shoulders roughly
ody. She lay in her own amniotic fluid, watching throu
rried her out the front doors toward the wai
ager walked into the foyer. Two f
ece of paper. "Ada Thomas, you are
ain in Ada's body finally overwhelmed her brain. Her eyes rolled back,
into the freezing night, the wail of po
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