The Affair, The Baby, The Betrayal

ticipation of seeing Ethan and picking up our li

hattered my world: "Ava, don't go to Cedar View Birthing

wed a life debt. Then, another text: "Eleanor and Richard

the daughter they never had, wer

ght glowed softly. The air was thick with

his parents beaming. His mother's voice was icy: "Y

tion. "Chloe is terminally ill. This was her dying wish. And after

y a "difficulty" and expected me

become the silent accomplice i

es. They had no idea the ice in my eyes, or th