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played on a loop in my head. I lay awake all night, sta
my pale face and my red, swollen eyes. She sigh
ospital bowl and put it into my mouth. It was ta
ack, unbidden, to how
permanent outsider. They provided food, shelt
star hockey player, bathed in the spotlight
eting my prince. Looking back now, he just needed a docile, obe
optive sister, she was an angel in public and a de
nto our home, using the excuse that "Kin
Bleu in Paris had mysteriously vanished. Later, I saw Kinley in a local fas
y home. Keenan's eyes always followed Kinle
out I was pregnant. "Anya, Kinley is pregnant with my child," he'd said. "We nee
naively believing that a ch
a j
aby in my arms, the other s
grow up in a loveless
I had to ge
s. Knight, the head of obstetrics,
y only visited VIPs or patients with specia
e coat entered. He was around fifty, with gold-rim
Julian
Mrs. Knight. How are you feeling?" His voice was wa
r. Sinclair," I replied
d his eyes instantly softened, a flicker of emot
ng at my son and daughter with
hey look like you." His eyes returned to
ble under his scrutiny and
ed to lighten the mood by smiling and telling me that the person who s
he person who signed that informed consent f
We had never seen him act like t
he walked to my bedside, "Ms. Hay
nfused b
gical parents. Do they have any pa
e in my mouth. "I don't know.
en he heard this answer. "And y
the Rh-negative factor. The
ed into a fist. He adjusted his gl
ould the Head of Obstetrics be so inte
someone else through me, and murmur
wildered. "Doctor,
reassuring smile. "No, nothing. Just confirming so
rd, his pace much quicker
ck. Something wasn't right, but I couldn't put my finger on what
notice of family consent, ess
oreboding se
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