“Back then, when you went abroad, I was depressed and attempted suicide. She stayed by my side with everything she had, and I was moved and married her.”
“If I hadn’t given her so many birth control pills at the start, she wouldn’t be struggling to conceive now.”
I rested a hand on my empty belly. My parents’ marriage was a transaction; my in-laws’ scorn was unbearable. Ethan’s lies were the final straw, crushing the last of my restraint.
My only light went completely dark.
I pushed the door open, tears pouring down my face, staring at the chicken soup in his hand.
“Ethan, I don’t want the candy you gave me anymore. I’m giving it back.”
I stepped back slowly, and Ethan’s face instantly turned ghostly pale. He sensed something and stammered,
“Hannah, let me explain…”
As he got up and lunged toward me, I flipped over the railing, dropping like a bird with broken wings.
With a heavy thud.
I saw Ethan leaning half over the railing, his eyes filled with shattered horror.
