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, the deliberate neglect as he

ht and paid for,

in childbirth, and Ethan'

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her private su

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mid-labor, from the

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take her to E

ed, half-carried, into

re there, pale

p columns, women linked to Ethan,

ttled in Sarah' s stomach, col

acting with chilling pre

d out sm

d, his voice devoid of emotion

and was in this, disgu

smelled acr

oo scared to refuse

g lightly from the strain of suppres

aw open, the bitter liqui

g. To induce

agged, but it

ugh her abdomen, far wor

, a scream teari

, gushed down her legs, pool

ve, was now a violent,

vision of demure concern,

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g! What happened?

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e other women moaning, some already collapsing

d this, a jealous, desperate act

memory, of the villainy he attr

his voice low and dangerous

her terrified women

he' s jealous of Chloe, o

en, some already in agony t

hair, fists struck

ng, already losing her

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