n roughly onto a fr
hattered. She gasped for air, her lungs burning. The damp, mildewed sme
, eerie shadows over the face of the woman standing above her. It was Patsy Conway, one of the
ugh, dirty stone tiles. Before she could lift her shoulders, a blinding w
ror. She felt a warm, terrifying dampness spreading across
and kicked Genevieve's designer purse across the floor. It hit t
stated coldly. "No medical interfe
dress. The physical pain of the contractions was unbearable, but the crushing psychological re
walked up the r
t. The deafening metallic clang echoed off th
d with a heavy
erground chamber was freezing. She could s
arched violently off the freezing floor. She screamed i
he wooden wine racks lining the wall. Her bloody fing
plinters dug deep into her skin. She didn't care. She used the rack
llucinate. Through the blurry tears, sh
her voice a broken whi
d into her bones. She began to shiver uncontrollably. Her teeth chattered
ream. The metallic taste of blood filled her mouth. She
e. The dim lightbulb flickered ominously overhead. It th
ic shift in her body. A sickening pressur
her strength. Her vision went completely white
delivered onto
or, panting heavily. She waited. She
tingly silent. There was no
hed against the tiny, still form. Her heart stopped. It
mixing with the sweat and dirt coating her face. She rocked back and
he wooden stairs outside. The vibrations
harsh flashlight beams blinded Genevieve momentarily. Sh
ed suit contrasted sickeningly with the blood and horro
llowed out by grief. She held the stillborn child again
and covered his nose. His face contorted in genuicrunched on the gritty stone. He looked down at
holding out the heavy legal folder she had brought to his study ear
in her mouth from where she had bitten her own wrist. Sh
rectly onto his expensive Italian shoes
ite, civilized facade dropped completely. He pulled
nd knocked the breath entirely from her lungs. But her arms
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