When Love Became A Transaction

sound cutting through the quiet o

x months pregnant, a miracl

d you pick out a color for the n

A heavy, dead-a

as a ghost: "Ethan... can

ssibilities, but none prepared me for the sight of her in the

Ethan." Her words

ning the weather. Then she pointed towards the I

sweetheart. The gh

went to him. I had to get rid of the bad luck. I

y in the nursery, folding a tiny blue onesie. Th

, a desperate lie to shield her from

Olivia\'s betrayal, hit my mother hard. H

It\'s highly unlikely Olivia will be able t

, tens of thousands of dollars, completely drained

pple for him. "It wasn\'t a problem," she s

ce I\'m out of here... Mille

dness. It was a transaction. And I had bee

t and triumphant. "You

!" Olivia shrieked,

ped the last thread of any feeling I h

heir numbers. The decision was