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The abortion was done under general
anesthesia. When I woke up, I had no idea
how much time had passed.
I gently touched my stomach and tears
started rolling down my face.
This morning, I was so excited about this
baby coming.
And now, in the space of a single day, I had
lost him.
The hospital room was empty. I threw back
the covers, ignoring the pain in my stomach,
and tried to get up.
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want to stay here for even a second longer.
I barely made it to the door when I heard
Faye’s voice.
“Tom! Are you crazy?”
“She cheated on you, got pregnant with
someone else’s kid, and then expected you to
raise him.”
“She did all that, and you’re still staying with
her? You’re not divorcing this woman?”
Tom’s voice was still cold, but the anger from
earlier was gone.
“I had a lot of time to think while she was in
surgery.”
“I can’t stand the thought of her betraying
me, but I can’t lose her.
“I’m a mess right now. I don’t want a divorce,
even if it means we’re miserable, she has to
stay.”
I had no energy, my legs felt like jelly, and I
nearly fell.
The two of them outside must have heard me.
The door flew open the next second.
Tom frowned when he saw me in my hospital
gown.
“You just had surgery. What are you doing
out of bed?”
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baby. I didn’t care about anything
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I’d lost the baby. I didn’t care about anything
anymore.
I scoffed and looked at him.
“I’m disgusted. This hospital makes me sick,
even the air here is disgusting.”
“You know I just had surgery. Staying here
will kill me. I can’t survive it.”
“So, Tom, let me go.”
Tom’s frown deepened with every word I said.
Faye shot me a nasty look, not even bothering
to hide her contempt.
“Tom, I can’t believe you still want her.”
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“Look at her. She can’t wait to get away from
you. She doesn’t want to be with you at all.”
“Judging by how she’s acting, she’s gonna go
crying to her lover.”
Tom’s face darkened. He grabbed my wrist
and dragged me back to the bed.
“Lily! Don’t you have any heart?”
“I can’t believe you. All these years, I never
knew you were such a shameless woman.”
“You wanna leave? As long as I’m here, you’re
not going anywhere.”
Tom pushed me onto the bed. I didn’t have
any energy to resist.
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I stared at the ceiling. The hospital lights
were so bright they hurt my eyes.
After a while, Faye left. Tom just sat by the
bed, staring at me.
He sighed.
“Lily, what am I gonna do with you?”
“If you really want a kid, we can adopt one
when you’re better. Okay?”
“I forgive you. We’ll never talk about this
again. We can move on.”
I just kept staring at the ceiling. The hospital
lights were so bright.
“Tom, why can’t you believe me, just once?”
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I’m not staying with you anymore. There is
o ‘us‘.”
Tom jumped up, his eyes full of anger.
“Believe you? How can I believe you?”
“I’m sterile. You say the baby is mine. You go
to a hotel with some other guy, you say he’s your brother. There’s no record of you calling
me, but you say you called a lot of times.”
“And you even tried to blame Faye and her
mom. How can I believe you?”
His accusations broke the last string of hope I
had.
I closed my eyes, refusing to look at him.
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Tom grabbed my chin, forcing me to look at
him.
“Go on, say something. You wanna be with
that other guy that bad? You can’t stand
being around me?”
“Call him. Call him now.”
Before I could say anything, an angry but also
controlled male voice came from the door.
“I’m here! Tom!”
“I’m here to see what exactly you plan to do.”
