ack, save for the faint, rhyth
tore through her empty uterus. Her forehead was slick with
g hand and pressed the red call
utes passed. Ten min
. She gripped the metal IV pole with both hands, using it as a crutch to
room, dragging the pole behind
letely empty. The only light came from the crack of a heavy fir
the water dispenser
familiar, hushed voice drifted t
reckless
ee Cantu, he
ly, pressing her body flat against the wall behin
of people, we wouldn't have to clean up this mes
h panic. "If I didn't kill that baby, Donavan would eve
yes widened in sheer horror. Harper didn't push
Dr. Blackwood enough to keep his mouth shut. That dead fetus
h and blood. Burned like garbage. Her knees buckled. She slid down the wal
asked. "She knows I pushed he
worry about her. I've already made a call to
blood ra
hly. "They will put her on a cargo ship with a fake passport. She'll be s
voice filled with cruel e
atred. "I will make sure the Hall family bloodline is wiped from the face of the earth. Once Carlota is
am's name ignited a fire in her veins. It wasn't just greed. Ches
rs curled into tight fists. Her fingernails
k of the stairwell
the agonizing pain in her abdomen, she moved as fast
, climbed into the bed, and pu
door to her room
She forced her chest to rise a
cast a long, sinister shadow across Carlota's bed. Chesnee
asleep, Chesnee quietly closed the
ere no longer the eyes of a victim. They were c
ut of the back of her hand. Blood welled up, dripping
, cracked backup cell phone. She turned it on, the br
keypad. She dialed a numbe
before a raspy voic
er, her voice trembling with cold rage. "I
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