My Sacred Reckoning

continued. Matthew came to fin

ou alright? Yo

en belly, a gesture that ha

ted to scream. I wanted to claw his han

d. The heat

and caring. "Let me help you to the car. Our li

e away from the potluck, his arm around my shoulders. I felt like I was

in our bed, feeling the four lives stir inside m

way by the truth. In its place, something

h Elyse. He was in the study, the door slightly aj

the phone. "I saw her after one of those IVF injec

d thing, too. This pregnancy is going to ruin her body. She' ll be ev

ether, he meant. When I w

the last flicker o

man who remained was someone I didn't recognize,

nted r

dy, my hands shaking but my purpose firm. I found his laptop.

payments to the fertility clinic, far exceeding what he' d told me. Messages betwe

ce when I found a folder of m

nd their proven ability to diminish ov

nts he' d been gi

advantage of my infer

ng over me. I walked to the phone and d

yer. And I need the best OB/GYN in Salt Lake Cit