Stolen Womb, Stolen Life
ls were ruined, my coat was soaked through, and I was shivering uncontrol
nd exhaustion. The sound of laughter and music drifted from the
en I s
le. She was sitting on a plush armchair, a blanket wrapped around her shoulders. He wa
e. That was t
nts and his siblings, were all the
ew got to you in time," his mother s
in the doorway, a mess of w
er rushed over. "We were so worried
that," I said,
re it was replaced with his usual charming smile. "There
alousy was plain on her face as Matthew' s family fussed over me, helping me out of my wet coat and g
o some dry clothes I kept at the estate. I was towel
d her, a smug smile on he
rat," she said, her voi
you want
by you' re carrying? It' s mine. Matthew loves me. He' s always loved me.
o hurt, and they did. But
whisper. "You were just a convenient, respectable womb. Once my baby is
to get a reaction. I wouldn'
bout Matthew?" I asked, m
r a second. "What ar
king onto hers. "His heart attack
er face, and then, a cruel, knowing
verage. An old business secret about the Lesters. He used it to make sure Matthew helped him sabotage that big deal your father was c
was just the broken engagement. But it was Ma
t almost brought me to my knees. But th
sn't breaking, I was hardening. A flash of panic c
e spat, her voice rising.
to silenc
eact, she screamed. A loud, piercing shriek. Then she dragged the sharp p
help me! She' s t
ry. He saw Nicole on the floor, clutching her bleeding arm. He s
sk. He didn'
He strode across the room and slapped me, hard. The force of it sent me
se. If you don' t get your act together and check yourself into a clinic
e of shock and horror, all of it directed at me. No one def
esh, and dragged me out of the room, down the stairs,
hind me, the sound echoing the fin