A Mother's Vengeful Heart

ly White, came to review my chart. S

o an x-ray. "And there' s some internal bleeding we need to address.

ounded like a cruel joke. Ho

fee. He smiled at Dr. White, his familiar, charmi

for taking such go

took my hand. His felt warm, but I felt nothing but

out, his voice stopping h

ss. "Given the trauma to her abdomen, and the... emotional toll of this trag

ve organs weren' t seriously damaged. With time, ther

sk, the potential for another loss... it would destroy her. I can' t put her through that. During

the room. I could feel

her professional tone barely hiding her shock. "I can' t do that wit

command. "And she is not in a state to make rational decisions. I am her husband, I am ma

much. She was obsessed. It wasn't healthy. Another child would just be a replacement,

g about our son, our beautiful boy, as if he were a

s unconscious, a broken doll he could manipulate. He walked out into the hall,

murmur, but I caug

ent through. Yo

pa

of the car and disappear. The 'accident'

e; he had paid for it. He had murdered Ethan. And now, he was going to strip away my ability

g else. Something hard and cold and razor-sharp. He wanted t