Even if I had already known the truth, it still broke my heart to hear my own child, the baby I carried for ten months, call someone else ‘Mom’.
I walked back to the ward in a daze, trying hard not to listen to the sounds coming from outside the door, but no matter how much I tried to block them out, the noises stayed in my ears like a curse, completely breaking my heart.
The next morning, Nicholas and his son came into the ward on time and kissed my cheek like they always did.
“Lily, good morning!”
“Mom, good morning!”
The father and son acted so well that there was nothing wrong on the surface. And I didn’t feel like pointing it out anymore.
Nicholas gently squeezed the toothpaste for me and said, “Lily, wash up first. Damon and I will go downstairs to buy you some breakfast.”
The father and son had just left when the door to the ward opened. Abigail stood by the bed, looking down at me with a mocking look in her eyes.
“Lily, even though you changed your last name, you are still nothing but a failure!”
“When I had kidney failure and needed a transplant, there were a few possible donors. But Damon said he was worried I might reject them, so he wanted to find the best match for me.”
“In the end, your kidney worked perfectly for me!”
“So, Lily, how does it feel to be tricked by your own son?”
As she spoke, Abigail lifted the hem of her dress and showed a strip of smooth, pink skin with no scars.
“Do you know why you have such a large scar on your belly after the same surgery?”
“It’s because all the best cosmetic surgery doctors in the city worked on me that day. Nicholas said I couldn’t have any scars on my body.”
“But your surgeon was the vet from the nearby pig farm to practice, which is why your wound looks so ugly!”
Her words echoed in my ears clearly. So the scar that made me feel ashamed was also caused by Nicholas.
Seeing me in shock, Abigail leaned closer and whispered in my ear, “By the way, your uterus was healthy. Nicholas had it removed just to make me happy!”
“And now, I’m pregnant. In the future, you won’t just be my organ donor, but my child’s as well. We can take anything we want from you!”
Her cruel words made me lose control. I stood up and tried to slap her. But before I touched her, Abigail quickly covered her face and cried loudly.
“Lily, please don’t hit me. I only came to help manage the company for you for a while!”